In the latest battle of putting together a 2012 budget that will reduce government spending, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) plans to introduce two different amendments that would reduce the appropriations to energy and water to either FY 2005 levels or FY 2007. Rep. Blackburn plans […]

This is one of the best charts that explains why the GOP should reject tax increases, and shows why taking $1 in tax hikes for every $2 in spending cuts is a bad deal: The chart and explanation below are courtesy of Americans for Tax Reform : In 1990, […]

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By Rick Manning – For the second month in a row, the employment situation released by the Obama administration reveals that our nation’s economy is in severe distress. Last month’s data was universally described as disastrous and June’s is even worse when you look behind the already […]

By Kevin Mooney and Rebekah Rast – Employers should not have any say in the matter and workers should remain uninformed. This is message the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has for private industry. In June, the three Democrats who sit on the Board proposed rule […]

By Rebecca DiFede – In the wake of the falling economy, millions of college seniors have received their diplomas and stepped off the podium into a world that has no room for them. Despite their expensive bachelor’s degrees, it seemed that there were no positions to […]

By Bill Wilson – There is a con game being played on the American public. At the same time governments around the world are proposing increasing the amount of money banks must hold in reserve to 7 percent, they are rigging the definition of what constitutes risk. Dubbed […]

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The unemployment rate for June of 2011 increased to 9.2%. Only 18,000 non-farm jobs were added in the month of June–far fewer than the projections that called for upwards of 90,000 jobs being created. The rate of 9.2% is the highest unemployment has been since […]

ALG’s Rebecca DiFede talks with us about how hard it is to find work if you’re a young person. This very discouraging trend has hurt the reputation of the Obama Administration.