By Robert Romano “I do believe that the country is inexorably changing [demographically]… [and] when you combine that demographic change with all the economic stresses that people have been going through — because of the financial crisis, because of technology, because of globalization, the fact that wages […]

By Rick Manning The House has passed the omnibus spending bill 316 to 113. It hit cloture in the Senate by a vote of 72 to 26 . The $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill effectively funds 9 of the last 12 months of the Obama agenda at higher spending levels in exchange for very little. The bill includes by virtue of not defunding it, funds for the implementation of Obamacare, […]

By Robert Romano “The $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill effectively funds 9 of the last 12 months of the Obama agenda at higher spending levels in exchange for very little.” That was Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning ’s take on the now-released omnibus spending bill for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2016 and tax extenders package. The legislation, said […]

By Robert Romano Is the Federal Reserve about to hike its key interest rate on Wednesday from near-zero percent that has been in place since 2008? “The Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this week,” the Washington Post’s Ylan Q. Mui confidently predicts in Wonkblog . “Federal Reserve set to raise rates in ‘historic’ moment for […]

By Robert Romano “To simply provide jobs for those who are newly entering the labor force probably requires under 100,000 jobs per month.” That was Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen testifying on Dec. 3 in front of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee , telling lawmakers why, demographically, nobody should really expect the economy to produce nearly as many jobs as it once did in decades past. […]

By Robert Romano 2.2 percent. That is what the annualized, inflation-adjusted growth rate of the economy is so far after three quarters in 2015, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports . To get 3 percent growth for the year — a milestone the U.S. has not achieved since 2005 — the economy will […]

By Robert Romano The start of the Christmas shopping season kicks off on November 27. Known as Black Friday, the day retailers are said to go “in the black” after being “in the red” all year long. Only, it is not what it used to be, and […]

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By Robert Romano Click here to tell Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership! Pee-yew. Or better yet, PU — a Pacific Union — is the number one reason to oppose the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal , warns U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). “This new structure is known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission — a Pacific Union — which meets, appoints […]

Nov. 9, 2015, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement applauding Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for coming out in favor of a zero for zero approach to eliminating U.S. sugar subsidies : “Sen. Rubio has exactly the right approach to zero for zero sugar subsidies policies , which is to say, the U.S. should get rid of its subsidies when […]