By Kevin Mooney — Several businesses have filed a lawsuit against the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) over a “proxy access” rule that opens the way for political activism at odds with investor interests. Free market advocates have good reason to be alarmed and should line […]

By Kevin Mooney — JD Norman Industries, of Addison, Ill., planned to purchase a General Motors parts supplier so it could continue producing fenders, hoods and other metal parts for the company. Norman also offered to bring in new orders from other automakers. Motors Liquidation […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to Vermont. Quick Vermont facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Vermont was 6.2%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 6.0% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, Vermont has received only 1,399 awards. This has […]

By Kevin Mooney — Is the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) starting to unravel? Deere and Co. very quietly dropped out of this coalition earlier this year that includes green pressure groups and corporate sellouts to big government. The company, which is the world’s largest […]

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 […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to Tennessee. Quick Tennessee facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Tennessee was 9.1%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.7% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, Tennessee has received 5,170 awards. This has resulted […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to Maine. Quick Maine facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Maine was 7.3%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 8.1% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, Maine has received only 1,902 awards. This has […]

Continuing on Americans for Limited Government’s series investigating the effects that the “Summer of Recovery” and the “Stimulus” had on the states we covered Montana , Oklahoma , Idaho , Rhode Island and Utah over the past week. With news this week that the recession ended in 2009, it is hard […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to Utah. Quick Utah facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Utah was 5.6%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 7.2% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, Utah has received only 2,081 awards. This has […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to Rhode Island. Quick Rhode Island facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 9.6%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 11.9%–a net increase of over 2%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, […]