With sideways economic growth and persistently high unemployment, the Federal Reserve and other Keynesian economists have been obsessed with 1930’s-style “deflation.” Since the end of 2008, and in the wake of the financial crisis, the nation’s central bank has been engaged in so-called “quantitative easing” […]

When the housing bubble popped in 2007 and financial mayhem ensued over the next two years, revenues to the federal and state governments dried up. This has produced untenable budget situations as states struggle to keep spending at pre-financial crisis levels. “Stimulus” has been justified […]

When the October 8th unemployment report is released, it will likely show that it has now been 17 straight months with unemployment at or above 9.4 percent . That would make this the worst period of sustained high unemployment since the Great Depression. Many Americans rightly fear that a double-dip recession may be upon us. […]

Raw, brute force — that is the preferred campaign tactic of Obama and his allies in the Congress. On September 28th, 2010, Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to investigate […]

The stimulus worked! Just not here. The irony for central planners never seems to cease. The U.S. and other developed nations, by spending and printing too much money — designed to fuel their own economies — are instead stimulating growth and inflation in emerging economies […]

Senator Fred Thompson nails it.  Listen to his clear-eyed view of the positive impact of the Tea Party movement and forward to all your friends and family members.  Spread the word. Click here to listen to Fred Thompson’s analysis of the Tea Party Movement .

When Congress adjourned for recess in August, Senate rules required unanimous consent to hold over nominations made by Barack Obama, or else the nominations would be returned. For controversial judicial nominees Goodwin Liu and Robert Chatigny, that embarrassingly resulted in their names being returned to […]

On the September 16th edition of On the Record with Greta Van Susteren , fiscal hawk Republican Senator Judd Gregg warned that if the $13.4 trillion national debt is not reined in, that the economy would implode. When asked, he said, “That’s exactly what’s going to happen.” When? Said Gregg, “Sooner rather than later.” Gregg predicted that “we’re […]

Editors Note: This piece was originally published by Investors Business Daily . While the administration of Barack Obama attempts to portray the Tea Party as a “fringe” movement that doesn’t share America’s “mainstream” values, it is working concurrently to erase many of these values from our society. Lurking beneath the unconstitutional mandates of “ObamaCare,” the reckless […]

This past weekend saw another significant rally on the nation’s capital by the tea party movement, this time organized by FOX News host Glenn Beck. Estimates suggest that the event , billed the “Restoring Honor Rally,” drew hundreds of thousands of supporters, opposing the expansive role government has seized over […]