10.17.2011

Federal spending increased 5% this year

To all those who believe that the federal government has cut back in these tough economic times, it is simply just a myth. In reality, the federal government has increased spending by 5% this year : When Republicans took control of the House in January, they pledged to make deep cuts in federal spending, and […]

10.17.2011

Must Reads for October 17

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : More calls for tyranny over America Poll: Voters say Washington is worse than Wall Street ObamaCare starts to unravel Federally owned lands help no one Here are your 1 percent-ers: Obama’s bundlers Will Romney hire Obama’s climate change guru? Obama’s Solyndra talking cure fails Three policies that gave us the jobs economy Holder should fire his aides–or get fired himself Should Republicans criticize the Fed chairman? Dear Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Screw all this progress!

10.17.2011

Team Obama Spotlight: Occupy Wall Street

By Frank McCaffrey — A new poll has found that these protesters have not been able to generate the amount of interest that the Tea Party generated a couple years back. The crew is still making a mess out of the streets of New York. […]

10.17.2011

Some of Obama’s cheerleaders are putting down their pom-poms

By Rebecca DiFede — In the 2008 election race, Barack Obama swept through the nation with a wave of energy and promise that had enthused and inspired Democratic voters. He had bridged the gap between old and young, and in fact his campaign was built […]

10.17.2011

Federally owned lands help no one

By Rebekah Rast — The federal government owns almost 650 million acres of land in the U.S .  That’s about 30 percent of all the land area in the nation and includes national parks, forests and wildlife refuges. That’s  1 out of every 3 acres in the U.S.—1 out of every 2 acres in the West, says […]

10.17.2011

More calls for tyranny over America

By Bill Wilson — Things are starting to get serious.  First Peter Orszag, Obama’s former Director for Management and Budget called for “a bit less democracy,” advocating issues relating to the economy be turned over to a panel of experts.  No pesky elected representatives of the people need apply.  Then, North Carolina Democrat Governor Beverly Perdue suggested we skip elections — just […]

10.14.2011

Occupy Wall Street Steps Into The Team Obama Spotlight

A new poll has found that these protesters have not been able to generate the amount of interest that the Tea Party generated a couple years back. The crew is still making a mess out of the streets of New York. ALG has decided to turn the Team Obama Spotlight on this crew.

10.14.2011

Labor Department’s green folly

By Rick Manning — The Labor Department’s green jobs training debacle unearthed by the Department’s own Inspector General reveals that the program has failed miserably to achieve its goals .  The Labor Department initially claimed that 79,854 would get jobs, while only 8,035 found employment.  Even worse, only 1,336 of the trainees who found employment still had the job six months later. […]

10.14.2011

Foreclosure ‘prevention’ prevents recovery

By Robert Romano — Foreclosure filings jumped once again in the third quarter, this time to nearly 196,000, according to RealtyTrac , highlighting the continued weakness in the housing market and the general economy. Americans for Limited Government President Bill was not surprised by the rise in foreclosures, citing government […]

10.14.2011

Scott bill would defang the NLRB

As originally published at The Washington Examiner . By Bill Wilson — Even before the lingering recession compelled companies to shed additional anti-competitive encumbrances, labor unions were already on the decline in America. Not even an unprecedented bonanza of government bailouts, multibillion-dollar loans and other taxpayer-funded subsidies has been able to prop up Big […]

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