Despite unprecedented fiscal and monetary “stimulus,” the global economy may be dipping again. Not just confined to the U.S., the economic slowdown appears to be a worldwide phenomenon, according to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). As the OECD said in its report , “[r]ecent high frequency indicators point to […]

Last week, an exclusive report by FOXNews.com’s George Russell uncovered a startling series of background papers that were distributed at United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban ki-Moon’s retreat in Alpbach, Austria over Labor Day weekend. The papers reveal an agenda to direct global affairs , including the implementation of restrictive caps on carbon emissions that will devastate economies across the planet. […]

“This is just the gang that couldn’t shoot straight,” remarked Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Bill Wilson of the White House’s latest plan to spend another $50 billion in fiscal “stimulus” for so-called infrastructure projects. Almost two years into the Barack Obama’s term of office, Americans are increasingly skeptical about the effectiveness of Keynesian deficit-spending […]

New legislation being proposed by Senators Jeff Bingaman and John Kerry could force as many as 60 million Americans to invest in government bonds via mandatory retirement accounts . According to a recent report by World Net Daily’s Jerome Corsi, the law would require “employers and employees to contribute into a retirement account for every employee and demand that a portion of that contribution go into a federal-government created annuity that […]

You know the campaign season is heated up when politicians resort to the age-old dishonest tactic of misquoting their opponents. Apparently, when the establishment cannot debate challengers on the substance, it instead debates straw men — misleading the American people and wasting everyone’s time. Take […]

Now that the Alaskan Libertarian Party has explicitly voted not to nominate Senator Lisa Murkowski, her hopes of appearing on the ballot in November have been dashed. Republican voters too have rejected her, handing the GOP Senate nomination to the relatively unknown Joe Miller. It’s […]

Recently, Americans for Limited Government (ALG) interviewed former chief credit officer of Fannie Mae, Edward Pinto, to get his thoughts on how best to bring an end to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-owned mortgage giants that helped cause the financial crisis, and to […]

In a recent Rasmussen Reports poll published August 16th , Republicans opened up their widest lead yet in the generic ballot poll, with 48 percent of likely voters saying they would vote for the Republican candidate in November, and only 36 percent saying they would vote for the Democrat. Republicans have not trailed in […]

“[W]e can’t stand by and do nothing while pink slips are given to the men and women who educate our children,” said Barack Obama on August 10th from the White House Rose Garden . That was the day the House passed another $26 billion states bailout, which included $10 billion for state education spending. Obama insisted that […]

One overlooked provision in the $26.1 billion states bailout that the House passed on Tuesday , and signed into law by Barack Obama, requires states to accept federal funds for public teachers — whether the state approves it or not. According to Section 101(8) of H.R. 1586 , as a part of the $10 billion fund for states education spending, if […]