By Rick Manning — I was recently asked why I don’t like electric cars. So, let me be clear, I love the concept of an electric car. What I don’t like is the concept that the government is subsidizing the development and purchase of electric cars at […]

We are hearing that unemployment is at 8.3 percent. But there is more to it…a lot more to it. Here’s ALG’s Robert Romano to explain.

It never ends. This is exactly what many warned would happen when the bailout scheme was launched in 2008–a never ending cycle of taxpayers bailing out zombie companies : Attention U.S. taxpayers:  You now own a piece of a French car company that is drowning in red ink. That’s right.  In a move little noticed outside of the business pages, General Motors last week bought more than $400 million in […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Friday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Understanding the unemployment rate An American auto bailout–for France??? Cartoon: The Mainstream Media’s eyewear style guide You Vote: Who is best positioned to win the GOP nomination? Santorum says he would consider Gingrich for VP… RNC’s delegate count shows Gingrich in 2nd place Romney really might not have the delegates by June Is Obama a lock? Pat Robertson: Pot should be legal like alcohol The ObamaCare death spiral continues ObamaCare’s military benefit means testing trial balloon Congressional action to punish Americans who buy cheap Chinese goods Vulture capitalism Obama playing house with other people’s money The NFL’s bounty of trouble The 5 costliest Tweets

By Rebekah Rast — “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” ― Margaret Thatcher Sometimes the government will do something and many citizens will think, “Wow. How nice!” Perfect example: President Obama’s plan to refinance mortgages for 2 to 3 million borrowers . According to the Department of Housing and […]

By Rick Manning — “The monthly unemployment rate has become a meaningless statistic that no longer reflects the reality of America’s economy or even the state of our nation’s employment.  Shockingly, the stated rate of 8.3 percent does not include the  4.4 million Americans who have dropped […]

By Bill Wilson — Is the European debt crisis over? Since the latest €130 billion bailout of Greece was agreed to on Feb. 21, rates on Italian and Spanish debt have seemingly stabilized, dropping from 5.44 percent and 5.11 percent respectively to 4.8 percent and 5.05 percent. Granted, yields on […]

By Frank McCaffrey — Reps. Barney Frank and Dennis Kucinich are gone from the U.S. House of Representatives. But they will be around…and we will keep fighting for limited government. Trust us! (Music courtesy: Steam/Mercury)

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By John Vinci — The Obama Administration, for the first time, is proposing that veteran retirees pay different rates for the same health benefits based on how much they receive in military retirement pay .  This so-called “means-testing” of military retirement health benefits, would mean that the more our veterans receive in retirement pay, the more their health insurance would cost them. Bill Gertz, who […]