The unemployment figure remains unchanged at 9.5%. Also, 131,000 jobs were lost. The high number of job losses were due to nearly 143,000 temporary census jobs ending. As many predicted, these census jobs would only temporarily pad the employment figures put out by the administration. […]

Some 15 million of the approximate 55.95 million mortgages nationwide are said to be “underwater” or in negative equity, i.e. the market value of the home is less than the total value of the mortgage. That’s about 26.8 percent of all mortgages. And according to […]

Nancy Pelosi is excitedly hustling back to D.C. with her congressional cohorts to pass a $26.1 billion state and teacher union bailout bill. With teacher unions alone garnering around $40 million in dues money from their $10 billion chunk of the bill, it is easy to understand how the big […]

Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Bill Wilson today urged the House of Representatives to “either reject the $26.1 billion bailout to balance bankrupt state budgets like New York and California or stay home.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pulling members of Congress away from the August recess for a special session to vote on legislation that includes $16.1 billion for state Medicaid spending and […]

By Kevin Mooney — While addressing the executive council of the AFL-CIO at the Washington Convention Center in D.C. earlier this week, President Obama told labor leaders that he would push congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), which includes the anti- secret […]

By Kevin Mooney — Big government activists knew they were going to lose this one going into it. On Tuesday, Missouri became the first of at least three states to vote on a ballot measure aimed against a key component of President Obama’s healthcare overhaul. […]

NRD Editor’s Update: Check out this interview Bill Wilson on Lars Larson 08-03-10 This could the straw that broke the camel’s back. Yesterday the Senate passed a $26.1 billion bailout for bankrupt states like New York and California, which includes $10 billion for public teachers spending and $16.1 billion for state […]

Making her announcement via Twitter, @SpeakerPelosi has announced that she will call the House into a special session next week. The purpose of the session is to vote on a $26.1 billion states bailout. As we noted earlier today, the states bailout contains funding for teachers unions . Please contact your Congressman and […]

Just now, the U.S. Senate cleared the way for a $26.1 billion bailout to States. But if you read between the lines on this bailout you will find that at least $40 million will end up in the teachers unions coffers. How do the teachers […]

Enough is enough. That is the thought of many Republican Congressmen as well as private organizations when it comes to America’s spending spree. Efforts to save face by the Administration and Obama’s own economists by telling the American people the nation is in a recovery […]