By Adam Bitely and Andrius Vaitekunas – As we have previously covered here , the staffers that followed Hilda Solis from Capitol Hill to the Department of Labor, have struck it rich. In the Bush administration, the pay raise cap was 20%. In the Hope and […]

By Bill Wilson – Speaking on CBS’ 60 Minutes last week , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked if America was in decline, to which she replied, “No, we’re not, but it’s a question that has to be answered.” Why? Besides the U.S. being the world’s greatest debtor, the reality Secretary Clinton is […]

By David Nace – In 2010, the citizens of the United States can choose one of two paths, one path leads toward misery, the other towards prosperity. This is not the first time that Americans have faced this choice. They faced this decision in 1920 […]

By Bill Wilson – The U.S. could be committing as much as $254 billion to the European bailout via the Federal Reserve ($200 billion) and the International Monetary Fund ($54 billion), reports CNBC . That money will in part be used to provide liquidity to the European Central Bank […]

By Adam Bitely – In four U.S. States the unemployed or underwater may soon be seeing cash for mortgages that they cannot afford. The bailout cash comes courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer. In Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, state lawmakers are considering using Obama handouts […]

By Rebekah Rast – On May 6th, the House of Representatives approved a $6 billion measure that will provide homeowners with rebates for investing in “energy-efficient” home improvements. How this bill works is it would fund rebates of as much as 50%, up to $3,000, […]

By ALG News – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate defeated two amendments to the Dodd financial takeover bill that would have begun to address the root, government causes of the financial crisis that began in 2007 when the housing bubble popped. It is now up to […]

By Adam Bitely – Severe inflation always begins at the most basic level. From food prices to base commodities, consumers will notice prices rising quickly when severe inflationary periods are upon them. So that’s why a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report on the Producer […]

By Bill Wilson – On February 24th, 2010, when asked if the Federal Reserve was planning to bail out Greece, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified to the House Financial Services Committee , “we have no plans whatsoever to be involved in any foreign bailouts or anything of that sort.” Now we know, he lied. As reported by the Wall Street Journal , “the U.S. Federal […]

By Adam Bitely – As noted by Rob Bluey at The Foundry and Michelle Malkin , research from Americans for Limited Government (the parent organization of this website) has uncovered that Capitol Hill staffers that transitioned to the Department of Labor with Hilda Solis have struck it rich. Salary bumps for the […]