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, […]

The unemployment rate increased to 9.1% in the month of May. Here is reaction from Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson : “There should not be any remaining doubters that Obama’s big government spending and the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing policies are two of the most […]

Rep. Jack Kingston of Georgia and Rep. Todd Rokita of Indiana speak out about an executive order from President Barack Obama that was have potential contractors reveal who they donate to. Reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Obama’s blank check The White House’s cloudy economy Dismal stats tell story of failing Obama recovery Obama has only himself to blame for dismal economy The U.S. is in a growth recession Are we all socialists? A $2 million dinner plate Over 150 economists call for spending cuts that exceed debt ceiling hike The budget dodgers Why Obama is heading towards electoral disaster “Buy American” is un-American The great tornadoes of 2011 put in perspective A graduation address: Go forth & earn it Final bill for auto bailout: $14 billion ? What is the difference between Pawlenty and Obama on Medicare? FDR and the collectivist wave After the dollar: What comes next?

By David Bozeman – The liberal tongue is so agile it can stretch any word or concept beyond all recognition. ‘Human rights,’ ‘constitutional,’ ‘family’ and ‘entitlements’ can all mean whatever the day’s marching orders dictate. Here’s the setup: Bill O’Reilly recently anointed Bill Maher his […]

By Robert Romano – Don’t play politics with the debt ceiling. That’s what the so-called experts have said. Just give the Obama Administration a clean vote increasing the $14.294 trillion borrowing limit. “I don’t see why anybody’s playing chicken with the debt ceiling,” chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers Austan Goolsbee commented on ABC’s “This Week” program in January . He warned that […]

By Rebekah Rast – Roughly 46 million Americans, 14 percent of the U.S. population , rely on the federal government’s food stamps program. This is an 11 percent increase from one year ago and nearly 61 percent higher than the same time four years ago . More than half of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s budget is nutrition assistance programs. Despite the fact that the government is having to support […]

Over 150 economists, including Nobel laureate Vernon Smith of George Mason University and Chapman University , are calling for government spending cuts that exceed the debt ceiling hike. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released a statement signed by the more than 150 economists backing his call for spending cuts that would exceed any increase in […]