Apparently acknowledging the failure of his so-called “stimulus” to meaningfully produce jobs, Barack Obama blasted Republicans for not supporting his plan to pass another unemployment extension, this time another $34 billion for those whose benefits have reached the statutory limit of 26 weeks. Previously, Congress […]

This week there were cheers heard throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Governor Bob McDonnell jubilantly proclaimed that the state had achieved a budget surplus.  There’s only one little problem.  It is not true. Simply put, the surplus announcement is nothing more than the final act […]

There’s no escape now. Yesterday, the Senate voted 60 to 39 to take over the nation’s financial system . The bill now proceeds to Barack Obama, who will sign it, and it shall be law. Included is a hidden, permanent bailout that will enable faceless bureaucrats to levy taxes, bail out privileged institutions, and to seize disfavored ones, […]

One item that stands out in last week’s World Economic Outlook produced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), besides the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) likely grow far slower than projected by the bama Administration, is the seemingly remarkable pace that emerging and developing economies are growing. In India, for example, it is projected […]

Cynical, abusive Leftist Democrats just cannot stop stealing. They cannot help themselves. Call them the Kleptocrats. In 2006, Democrats took control of Congress in large part because of voter discontent with Republicans’ spending habits and the appearance of corruption. Rhetoric that midterm election year was […]

“Senator Coburn, um…” That was all Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan could muster in response to what should have been a simple question from Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn. He was asking of Kagan, “Do we have the power to tell people what they have to […]

Update: The House will be voting on the War Supplemental bill today which includes a bailout for public sector unions. For more information on this bailout, please read Troops’ funding held hostage by public sector unions . What happened? That’s the question rank-and-file Democrats ought to be asking themselves. In the post-World War […]

By Bill Wilson – CNBC commentator Rick Santelli has a very simple solution to the nation’s fiscal and economic woes for Barack Obama and Congress : “Stop spending!” Speaking on Squawk Box on Monday, Santelli noted the cool reception that Obama received this past weekend at the G20 summit in Toronto that sought to address the sovereign debt crisis. Unfortunately, Obama is apparently the only leader on Earth […]

By Bill Wilson – A $33 billion war supplemental to fund ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is being held up by House Democrats who want to attach $10 billion for bankrupt states like New York and California that refuse to cut unsustainable education funding in these […]