06.17.2011

The Latest ObamaCare Waiver Denials

Here is the latest companies/unions that have been denied ObamaCare waivers. Some have eventually been granted the waiver, which you can see in the below list. Note the number of labor unions that supported ObamaCare in this list. Click here to see the list of ObamaCare denials . On another note, the Obama administration is ending the monthly review of waivers […]

06.17.2011

California Receives Stimulus Money To Pay For… Unemployment Checks

Remember when we were told that the “stimulus” would create jobs? Well, in California, $800 million will go to pay for unemployment insurance … Federal officials announced Wednesday that California will receive more than $800 million in funding to help the unemployed as the state struggles to deal with the economy and a huge budget hole. The […]

06.17.2011

The SEIU Rallies Around A Verizon Wireless Store…

By Frank McCaffrey – The SEIU claims that higher taxes will help unemployment somehow and now the SEIU is taking it out on a wireless phone store. Sounds a little off target. ALG’s Brad Tidwell tries to make sense of it…and he has to try […]

06.17.2011

Ignorance (Of Liberalism) Is Bliss

By David Bozeman – Too often, presidential primaries resemble American Idol auditions and bear about as much ideological substance. How alarming that our cherished liberties can rest on the whims of focus groups and the same Madison Avenue machinations used to sell toothpaste. Politics regularly […]

06.17.2011

Europe Debt Crisis a Window Into America’s Future

By Robert Romano – The sovereign debt funding crisis ravaging Europe is a window into America’s future, should Congress fail to find a way to rein in the $14.3 trillion national debt this decade. The only difference is there will not be anybody to bail us out. […]

06.17.2011

Obama Suffers From Economic Schizophrenia

By Howard Rich – With deteriorating economic conditions putting a damper on his poll numbers and jeopardizing his 2012 re-election prospects, Barack Obama now portrays himself as a free-market leader for a change. Yet while he poses for pictures with CEOs and unveils a private-sector […]

06.16.2011

Senate Passes Vote to Repeal $6 Billion Ethanol Tax Credit

The Senate voted 73-27 today, killing a major tax break that benefits the ethanol industry. The bipartisan group of lawmakers that opposed the incentive called the tax break needless. Many on the right and left opposed the measure for various reasons, but we opposed the […]

06.16.2011

Must Reads for June 16

06.16.2011

Weiner Says He Will Resign From Congress

Embattled Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has told friends that he will resign from Congress, according to the New York Times . As the NYT reported: Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House […]

06.16.2011

America’s Job Creators Face Uphill Battle

By Rebekah Rast – President Obama recently commented , “I am concerned about the fact that the recovery that we’re on is not producing jobs as fast as I want it to happen.” His promise, made in 2009, that if Congress passed the “stimulus” package unemployment would not rise above 8 percent , has […]

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