EconomyNews
Voters Moving Right on Tax Cuts, Poll Shows
A national survey released weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election shows most voters know little about the personal impacts of the Tax Cuts and… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Go Ahead, Shut It Down!
This week, Republicans and Democrats got together to avert a government shutdown. Too bad. There’s so much that ought to be shut down. Useless Cabinet… Read More
Education News
Organizing for Action Uses Discredited Information on Sequestration
President Obama’s campaign organization is using discredited information and misleading numbers in its latest effort to lobby Congress to stop sequestration. An email sent today… Read More
Small Business Administration: No Room for Sequestration Cuts?
The White House warns that sequestration “would reduce loan guarantees to small businesses by up to $902 million”—loans that it claims are “investments that are… Read More
News
Top 10 Examples of Wasteful Federal Spending in 2012
Exotic dancers, robotic squirrels, and a reality TV show in India—your tax dollars supported all of these this year. Two reports just released—“Federal Spending by… Read More
Tales of the Red Tape #36: USDA Lays a Regulatory Egg
The Obama Administration fervently opposes state laws requiring voter identification to cast a ballot. But it is insisting that the nation’s farmers prove the identity… Read More
Obama’s Trade Agency Consolidation Proposal: Hope and Caution
Clearly, the impact of President Obama’s proposal to consolidate parts of six trade agencies is tiny in comparison to the government’s $3.5 trillion in spending… Read More
Red Tape Rises Again: Cost of Regulation Reaches $1.75 Trillion
How much does federal regulation cost Americans each year? The question is not an easy one. While the revenues and expenditures of the government are… Read More
A Pledge Small Businesses Do Not Need
Facing the stark reality of double-digit unemployment and the failure of his first $862 billion economic stimulus, President Barack Obama unveiled his second stimulus plan… Read More
