Stimulus-Backed Solar Company Lays Off 70 Percent of Workforce
President Obama used a weekly address in July 2010 to tout his stimulus package’s support for the solar industry. One of the companies he mentioned… Read More
City Says “No!” to Multi-Million Dollar Handout from Uncle Sam
The city of Troy, Michigan, prides itself as being “The City of Tomorrow … Today,” but now it has another slogan to affix to its… Read More
Morning Bell: Obamanomics Has Failed
Three years ago today, President Barack Obama signed into law his trillion-dollar stimulus plan, a measure that he promised would save or create 3 million… Read More
A Half-Million-Dollar, Taxpayer-Funded Thermometer?
Wonder if it’s too hot to go outside at your workplace? Don’t bother checking the thermometer or stepping outside—the federal government has the answer for… Read More
Obama, Biden Both Lauded Now-Bankrupt, Stimulus-Funded Ener1
The president’s energy agenda took a hit on Thursday, as yet another stimulus-backed energy company filed for bankruptcy. Videos have surfaced since then showing both… Read More
Another Stimulus-Backed Energy Company Files for Bankruptcy
After months of financial turmoil, an Energy Department-backed lithium ion battery company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, Ener1, received a $118… Read More
Krueger Tries and Fails to Disguise an Anti-Growth Tax Plan in Keynesian Garb
The remarks of Alan Krueger, chairman of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, asserting that taxing the rich can spur economic growth demonstrate that he and… Read More
Navy Buys Biofuels for $15 Per Gallon From Stimulus-Linked Firm
A California company has been hired to provide 450,000 gallons of advanced biofuels to the U.S. Navy – the “single largest purchase of biofuel in… Read More
White House Subpoenaed, Stimulus Loans Under Investigation
Two new chapters in the Solyndra scandal were written today, one involving a potential bailout of the company and the latest regarding Congress’s move to… Read More
Morning Bell: Debunking Obama’s Latest Jobs Myth
Imagine a high-speed train zooming down hundreds of miles of glistening train track stretching across sunny California, connecting Anaheim to San Francisco. It’s a bullet… Read More
Pushing Basket-Weaving College Loan Debt onto Working-Class Taxpayers
President Obama’s “blame conservatives” rhetoric was on full display yesterday as he described his plan to provide relief to students overburdened by loan debt that… Read More
Cash for Clunkers Gimmick? Former Obama Adviser Wouldn’t Do It Again
It sounds like a former Obama Administration official is changing his tune on two of the President’s early stimulus efforts. Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of… Read More
Morning Bell: 1,000 Days Under President Obama
Today marks the 1,000th day of Barack Obama’s presidency, and unfortunately for America, those days have been marked by deeper deficits, lost jobs, prolonged unemployment,… Read More
Piecemeal ‘Jobs Bill’ Can Still Be Dangerous
If something is too big to swallow, you cut it into bite-sized pieces. But that won’t improve the taste—unless you jettison any stinky stuff. Likewise,… Read More
Jobs or Economic Growth?
In the currently battered U.S. economy, with high unemployment and bleak growth prospects, politics has become a contest of dueling jobs plans: politicians of every… Read More
Morning Bell: Still Jobless After All These Years
Yesterday at the White House, President Barack Obama faced the media to once again plug the American Jobs Act–his plan for more stimulus spending, paid… Read More
Reid Blocks Vote on Obama’s Jobs Plan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) blocked a vote on President Barack Obama’s American Jobs Act tonight. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had pledged to… Read More
Reid Uses Procedural Maneuver to Block Vote on Obama’s Jobs Bill
Senate Republicans sought to answer President Obama’s demands for a vote on his jobs plan this afternoon, but were thwarted by Senate Majority Leader Harry… Read More
‘Green Jobs’ Woes Move to Labor Department
While the Energy Department’s efforts to create “green jobs” have received significant attention – and criticism – since the collapse of solar company Solyndra, another… Read More
‘Buffett Rule’ Tanks in California, Is Bad News for Tech Startups
President Obama is touting his new mega tax on millionaires–a.k.a. “the Buffett Rule”–as the best thing since sliced bread (or since his plan to spend… Read More
Commercially Viable = Can’t Get Financing?
Maybe the Department of Energy (DOE) would lend me money to buy lottery tickets. For the tickets that win, I’ll pay them back their dollar… Read More
Does Supply Create Demand?
Which comes first: supply or demand? This question has serious policy implications, especially as President Barack Obama proposes $447 billion in additional stimulus spending in… Read More
Heritage Responds to Obama’s Debt Reduction and Tax Proposal
Heritage’s experts watched President Barack Obama’s debt reduction and tax increase proposal. Here are their immediate reactions: Obama’s Plan Is More Bad News for Defense… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s War on Job Creators
Today, President Barack Obama is expected to announce his latest plan for reducing the deficit, and central to it are $1.5 trillion in new taxes,… Read More
Top 10 Reads: September 16, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Senator Casey Breaks With President… Read More
Morning Bell: Solyndra Scandal Ends Green Jobs Myth
President Barack Obama’s solution for America’s unemployment woes has been a stubborn campaign to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on economic “stimulus”–much of it… Read More
Morning Bell: The Tale of Two Jobs Plans
It’s been one week since President Barack Obama announced his latest “stimulus” plan, and despite a cross-country road show aimed at selling his proposals to… Read More
Conservative Nabs Naming Rights to ‘American Jobs Act’ After Obama Delay
President Obama repeatedly asked members of Congress to pass the American Jobs Act last week. But when no Democrat filed Obama’s bill after he presented… Read More
Obama’s Jobs Bill Is Bad News for Charities
President Barack Obama proposes to pay for his $447 billion jobs bill mainly by limiting tax deductions for wealthy Americans. Unfortunately, if enacted, this policy… Read More
More ‘Stimulus’ Spending on Failed Public Safety Grant Programs
President Obama’s plan for turning America around is big on new spending, with insincere promises of budget cuts to come later. In particular, the President… Read More
