By Frank McCaffrey – Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, says the economy is on “the right path.” But unemployment is still at a very high number. That’s why ALG’s Rick Manning has turned the Team Obama Spotlight onto The Department of Labor.

By Victor Morawski – Responding recently to the Senate’s rejection of the Paul Ryan Budget Plan, Sen. Harry Reid propounded two myths regarding ObamaCare Medicare savings when he said , “standing up [for] our seniors by keeping the promise to protect and strengthen Medicare as we did with our health care bill which we saved — waste, fraud […]

By Robert Romano – Since Sep. 2007, when the recession began, to Sep. 2011, we will have borrowed and spent an additional $6.469 trillion . In addition, since then the Federal Reserve has expanded its balance sheet (minus treasuries purchases) by an additional $1.117 trillion . In fact, the central bank has expanded its balance sheet in total by $1.930 trillion since then, but we’re not going to double-count its […]

By Howard Rich – The nomination of John Bryson as Barack Obama’s new Secretary of Commerce has been touted in some circles as “the latest in a recent string of moves by the Obama administration to mend relations with the business community.” But is the […]

Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, says the economy is on “the right path.” But unemployment is still at a very high number. That’s why ALG’s Rick Manning has turned the Team Obama Spotlight onto The Department of Labor.

The executive order that Obama is considering which would require all federal contractors to disclose their political donations before being considered for government contracts is now catching heat from the left. House Republicans have already threatened to draft legislation which would override Obama’s possible order. Over the past couple of weeks, several top Democrats in both chambers of Congress have come forth criticizing the proposed order . These […]

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) speak out about an executive order from President Barack Obama that would have potential contractors reveal who they donate to. Reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story.

By Rick Manning – This Friday will mark the release of the May unemployment report. A report that will reflect the last effects of the Obama trillion-dollar stimulus and of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing (QE2). The report is likely to show that job creation is mediocre […]

By Adam Bitely – During the era of the Great Depression, many politicians turned to the theories being developed by the economist John Maynard Keynes. According to Keynes, to reduce unemployment, the government should print more money and create programs that would employ the unemployed. […]

By Bill Wilson – The U.S. has already defaulted on its debts. We’re just all politely pretending that we haven’t. But we have. According to Pimco, last year, the Federal Reserve — a central bank printing press — bought 70 percent of Treasury debt. The year before, […]