By Bill Wilson – On July 22, the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) issued its latest long-term projections on the growth of the national debt .  Astonishingly, as bad as the numbers issued by the CBO were, the debt crisis the nation faces is even worse than we are being told. The CBO analysis does not take into account the full $14.344 trillion national debt , nor does it reflect the $430 billion in gross interest payments we are paying every year . […]

ALG President Bill Wilson speaks about problems with consumer confidence and the housing market. Plus, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah speaks with us on his years of going back and forth with unions.

By Frank McCaffrey – For the second time, we put “The Team Obama Spotlight” on Vice President Joe Biden. He was enlisted by Team Obama to talk about the budget with a group, some of whom he drove away. ALG’s Don Todd has turned the spotlight on […]

By Rick Manning – The past six months have seen public employee unions protesting around the nation attempting to resist attempts by elected representatives to rein in the massive overspending of their predecessors. Scenes from Wisconsin to Indiana to even California have found those who have been hired by taxpayers to […]

By Bill Wilson – It is time for congressional Republican leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner, to play hardball on the debt ceiling. The only way House Republicans’ leverage on the debt ceiling will work is if they’re willing to not increase the debt ceiling. Because, if […]

For the second time, we put “The Team Obama Spotlight” on Vice President Joe Biden. He was enlisted by Team Obama to talk about the budget with a group, some of whom he drove away. ALG’s Don Todd has turned the spotlight on him yet again.

By Frank McCaffrey – Small business owners, commissioned employees and other independent contractors are still working, but they aren’t making the best money ever. There is no statistic to show what they are going through, but one can imagine that they would add a lot […]

By Robert Romano – The Obama Administration must be laboring under the delusion that the $14.3 trillion debt can somehow be paid for with tax increases. It cannot. And it would a foolish gambit to try. That is why House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Senate Minority […]

By Kevin Mooney – Have you or your business been on the receiving end of mistreatment from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)? If so, you could have a job in a new Herman Cain Administration . The presidential candidate said in an interview that he would like to […]

Small business owners, commissioned employees and other independent contractors are still working, but they aren’t making the best money ever. There is no statistic to show what they are going through, but one can imagine that they would add a lot to the current unemployment statistics. Reporter Frank McCaffrey tells his tale.