By Rebekah Rast — America is a nation that invests heavily in its social welfare programs. One program in particular is growing so quickly that independent companies are catching on and now wanting a piece of the government-subsidized pie. Food stamp benefits, also called the […]

By Howard Rich — Texas Gov. Rick Perry made waves during a recent Republican presidential debate when he referred to Social Security – one of the entitlement programs responsible for our nation’s skyrocketing debt — as a “Ponzi scheme.” “You cannot keep the status quo […]

By Frank McCaffrey — This solar panel firm has gone in a very bad direction and now the FBI is on its back. Solyndra has gone bankrupt and it was heavily funded by the government during the Obama Administration. We spoke with the Daily Caller’s […]

By Bill Wilson — For Barack Obama, economic prosperity for 14 million Americans seeking a job is just a matter of borrowing a few more dollars, and printing yet more money. And of course, paying your fair share — by Obama’s rules. It is Obama’s “story of […]

By Rebecca DiFede — Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001 started out like any other school day at my middle school in Summit, New Jersey, a small town about an hour outside of New York City. The sun was shining at 7am when I reluctantly succumbed to […]

By Frank McCaffrey — ALG looks ahead at what the President is planning to do with future economic stimulus and we look back at how some of his ideas have worked for him. Remember that shovel ready crisis of his last year?

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : The government should sue itself over its involvement with high risk lending Barone: The Republican candidates performed well at last night’s debate A layman’s guide to Obama’s jobs speech: He doesn’t have a plan Boehner invites multiple entrepreneurs to Obama’s jobs speech tonight GOP will not issue rebuttal to Obama speech Jobs? Yes. Via more government? No. Why the stimulus failed Social Security is worse than a Ponzi Scheme Environmental regulations get in the way of job creation How did Solyndra get a sweetheart interest rate? George F. Will: Why Liberals fear the ‘Lochner’ decision

By Robert Romano — Call it the latest iteration of the pot and the kettle. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is suing 17 of the world’s largest banks for as much as $30 billion of losses incurred by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from the purchase […]

By Adam Bitely — As Obama prepares to unveil his latest plan to create jobs, one thing you probably won’t hear from him Thursday night is how he plans to get rid of environmental regulations that impede construction projects. In Los Angeles, the Anschutz Entertainment […]

By Rebecca DiFede — It would be hard to argue with the large impact that social media has had on politics since its inception, with every member of every political organization having their own Twitter and Facebook accounts to push their agendas, however it’s also […]