Another Green Jobs Debacle from Obama’s Failed Stimulus
The New York Times reports today that only 8.4% of the $3.2 billion Congress included in President Barack Obama’s failed stimulus to create green jobs… Read More
The New York Times reports today that only 8.4% of the $3.2 billion Congress included in President Barack Obama’s failed stimulus to create green jobs… Read More
With the introduction of new legislation to implement the Automatic IRA—a simple, low-cost retirement savings vehicle for employees of small businesses—the effort to enable many… Read More
As we have been reporting, President Barack Obama is set to let tax rates increase at the end of this year. Obama’s tax hike will… Read More
When economists forecast the economy, they tend to draw straight lines. They figure out where we are and where we’re going, and they plot a… Read More
Tucked away in the legislation that made Obamacare into law is a tax provision that will be a compliance nightmare for small businesses if it… Read More
Social Security faces the serious danger of failing to live up to its name due to its unfunded obligations. Last week, the Social Security and… Read More
The mainstream media is having a field day with House Minority Leader John Boehner’s (R–OH) less-than-stellar handling of a simple “when did you stop beating… Read More
Next January, tax rates will increase—even though the country remains in a recession—unless Congress takes action. The Obama Administration’s solution is to extend the 2001… Read More
The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee meets today in the face of tremendous economic uncertainty. In light of last week’s dismal jobs report and related… Read More
There are many reasons tax reform remains a distant dream. Not “tax reform” disguising a tax hike as the Obama Administration envisions, but tax reform… Read More
The immediate effects of Obama’s policies are easily seen. We can observe the workers of which billions of dollars have been spent to employ. We… Read More
The leftist majority in Congress likes to blame their trillion-dollar budget deficits on the
Weak economy or not, a huge tax increase is just around the corner. Tax relief enacted nearly a decade ago is set to expire in… Read More
According to reports, Christina Romer, Chairman of the President’s Council of Economics Advisers (CEA) is calling it quits. Why does this matter? Another ignored economist… Read More
The Obama Administration announced “Recovery Summer” in June to highlight the expected gains in jobs and economic strength resulting from Obama’s stimulus.. Well, maybe next… Read More
If you do a quick read of the Medicare Trustees Report, it would seem that Medicare’s finances have dramatically improved since last year. The 2010… Read More
The city of Bell, CA paid their former city manager nearly $800,000 a year. There was so much community backlash to the exorbitant salary, that… Read More
Google and Verizon, two of the leading antagonists in the long-running drama over FCC net neutrality regulation, may be about to call a truce. According… Read More
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees today released their annual reports on the fiscal condition of the programs, and the situation for these programs is… Read More
Progress is often a matter of higher, faster, further—profits are higher, computer chips are faster, cars run further on a gallon of gas. In Washington,… Read More
Almost as soon as the 2010 Social Security trustees report comes out today, various groups will claim that the program is fiscally healthy because its… Read More
In the battle over the extension of the 2001/2003 tax cuts, a lot of myths about the tax cuts are being perpetuated. One of the… Read More
Bill Gale’s discussion of the five myths about the Bush tax cuts was an unusually slanted piece from a normally straight-shooting liberal economist. With respect… Read More
By the only objective standard available, President Barack Obama’s $862 billion economic stimulus has been a complete failure. His administration promised the American people that… Read More
Congress has an important decision to make before the end of the year: Extend the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts or allow them to expire… Read More
Brian Riedl argued in a Washington Times piece on Tuesday that the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act should be repealed. CLASS, a… Read More
It’s difficult to forget the drama—including riots, fires, and even deaths—that unfolded during Greece’s recent fiscal crisis. But what would happen if bad budget policy… Read More
Liberals are desperate to bully or chide the rest of the country into accepting massive new taxes to support the recent federal spending surge. Many… Read More
In yesterday’s Washington Post, Ruth Marcus uses “quack medicine” to describe conservatives’ support for extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. Yet she commits her… Read More
We are on the precipice of the largest tax increase in United States history. On January 1, 2011, the 2001/2003 tax relief will expire. All… Read More
