By Robert Romano In Obamacare replacement legislation offered by the Senate Republicans this week, like the House-passed legislation, the individual and employer mandates were eliminated. However, one problem with the House bill was that it essentially repackaged the individual mandate, renaming it the “continuous coverage” penalty , which would have increased […]

By Natalia Castro President Trump’s nomination of Patrick Pizzella to be Deputy Secretary of Labor demonstrates, once again, the President’s emphasis on streamlining executive agencies ridding them of waste, while cutting the regulatory burdens on the nation’s economic growth. Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning who […]

By Robert Romano White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney has said the White House has not decided its plan for an upcoming vote extending the debt ceiling. “We haven’t settled on a final way to address the debt ceiling any more than the […]

By Natalia Castro The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates, which is fairly common action to stop the economy from overheating, but this is leaving Americans, particularly young Americans, wondering where the fire is? Considering sluggish economic growth has been pervasive through all elements of […]

By Robert Romano In 2014, only 36 percent of jobs available — 54.8 million — required some college, a postsecondary nondegree award, a Bachelor’s degree or more at the entry level according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics . Yet at the same time, today, 61 percent of the civilian population aged 25 and over has some college, a Bachelor’s degree or more , accounting for 131.4 million people. That accounts for […]

By Printus LeBlanc What is going on with the Disney company? The iconic wholesome American icon known around the world as a family friendly company is currently involved in three lawsuits that do not scream family. Is the way they are handling business the way […]

By Natalia Castro The repeal and replace of Obamacare was a pillar of the Republican campaign in 2016, and both President Donald Trump and the House of Representatives have kept this promise alive. With the American Health Care Act (AHCA), House Republicans compromised amongst themselves […]

By Robert Romano We are still more than two months away from the much-anticipated renegotiation on NAFTA starting on August 16 by the Trump administration, but the opening round has already occurred, resulting in a June 6 settlement by the U.S. Commerce Department with Mexico over that country’s dumping of government-subsidized sugar on U.S. markets . Under the settlement, according to the statement from Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross, “We have gotten […]

By Robert Romano Since 1997 labor participation among working age adults —16 to 64 — peaked and has been steadily dropping, accounting for roughly 9 million Americans who did not enter the labor force but would have had participation remained at the same rate, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics . Overall, the […]

By Robert Romano Click here to support President Trump in enforcing U.S. law and stopping Mexico’s NAFTA sugar dumping! As originally published at http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/even-if-you-support-free-trade-you-should-oppose-mexicos-nafta-sugar-dumping/ U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross has given Mexico until June 5 to comply with U.S. trade laws over what the department says is illegal dumping of sugar by Mexico on U.S. markets. As background, Mexico was found to be in violation of anti-dumping rules by the U.S. International Trade Commission in 2015 , after an ITC study […]