Morning Bell: Obama’s Dismal Jobs Record
The unemployment rate is now 8.1 percent, marking 43 months straight that it has stayed at 8 percent or above. At least 12.5 million Americans… Read More
It’s Not Getting Better: GDP Grows at a Sluggish 1.7 Percent Rate
This morning’s update from the Department of Commerce on economic activity in the second quarter shows that the economy grew at an anemic 1.7 percent… Read More
Are Spending Cuts as Harmful as Tax Increases?
Wednesday’s warning by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that the fiscal cliff is likely to push the economy back into recession should bring things sharply… Read More
Obamacare’s 18 New Tax Hikes
Not only did the President and his partners in Congress take $716 billion out of Medicare to pay for Obamacare, but they also raise taxes… Read More
Sluggish Economic Growth: More Reason to Renounce Tax Hikes
On the afternoon of another discouraging assessment of the nation’s economic growth, the Obama Administration late Friday quietly released its mid-year update of the budget…. Read More
Latinos Favor Tax Cuts for All, Including the Wealthy
Are Hispanics—the fastest growing demographic in the country— on their way to becoming a reliably voting liberal bloc? Not so fast, especially considering a recent… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Tax Hike on Job Creators
“The last thing you want to do is to raise taxes in the middle of a recession, because that would just suck up—take more demand… Read More
Obama Finally Enters the Taxmageddon Debate—With a Tax Increase
With more than half the year gone, President Obama today finally broke his silence on Taxmageddon and thus brought a smoldering debate front and center…. Read More
Taxmageddon to Hit These States and Congressional Districts Especially Hard
Taxmageddon is getting ready to suffocate the U.S. economy under crushing tax increases on January 1, 2013. These tax hikes include the expiration of the… Read More
Chart of the Week: The Tax Burden on American Households
Americans who are scrambling to pay their taxes by Tuesday’s deadline are in store for more depressing news: The tax burden on American families has… Read More
