By Rick Manning One hundred years ago, the United States economy was changed forever.  Yet, few recognize the significance of the year that Woodrow Wilson became the 28th president of the United States, the U.S. Department of Labor was formed and the Panama Canal was completed. All […]

By Marta H. Mossburg Republicans in Congress want to cut food stamps, eliciting the usual uproar from the left about callous conservatives who hate the poor. Their anger is misplaced. It should be aimed at the government whose policies have resulted in the slowest recovery […]

By Bill Wilson We told you so. As Americans for Limited Government economic analysis had previously predicted — here , here , and here — there would be no tapering from the Federal Reserve’s $85 billion of quantitative easing anytime soon. Defying market expectations that the central bank would announce […]

By Brad Tidwell The Service Employees International Union targets McDonalds in their “Fight for 15,” but the SEIU’s campaign could destroy the jobs they’re trying to unionize. As we previously discussed, the SEIU’s “Fight for 15” program is not likely to ever make it into […]

ALG Editor’s Note: This is socialism.  This is what continuing with Obama’s policies will do the United States.  The Obama War on Coal, on all productive enterprise, will lead to scenes like this throughout America if we are not careful. In the following featured report from the BBC , poor upkeep of the […]

By Bill Wilson In a revised estimate of growth in the second quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis now projects that the economy grew by 2.5 percent annualized , not the 1.7 percent previously estimated . The total revision amounted to $34.5 billion added to the Gross Domestic Product. However, it was almost entirely on account of adjustments made to the balance of trade, with imports […]

By Robert Romano 5.3 million. That is the net increase in population of those aged 16 to 64 from January 2009 to present data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the month of July shows. Guess how many of them found jobs. Go on. I […]

By Brad Tidwell As originally published at http://www.ufcwmonitor.com/ufcw-dc-walmart-canadian-local/ As we’ve detailed before, the UFCW has long had Walmart in their sights . From threatening to shut down stores on the busiest day of the year to launching visceral verbal attacks , the UFCW will stop at nothing to stop the giant. Even when it includes passing prohibitive legislation preventing the company from creating jobs in an economically […]

By Rick Manning The federal government is considering setting aside almost 14 million acres, a land mass larger than the combined states of New Hampshire and Vermont, as critical habitat for the northern spotted owl.  Using a highly controversial method of determining economic costs of regulations, the U.S. Fish and […]

By Bill Wilson It looks like Greece may need another bailout of €10 billion ($13.4 billion) to refinance debt it owes to creditors, according to Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras. “If there is need for further support to Greece, it will be in the order of about […]