by Jane Richey | Sep 20, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Twenty years ago, when Democrats tried to oust an incumbent Republican president from office, they questioned his economic stewardship. Vice presidential candidate Al Gore famously bellowed: “Everything that ought to be down is up, and everything that should be up is...
by Jane Richey | Aug 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Unemployment increased in 44 states last month, proving that the rise in joblessness is being felt by everyone, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Alabama and Alaska were hit the hardest, both registering a 0.5 percent increase in jobless claims, according to...
by Jane Richey | Aug 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The Labor Department announced on Monday that it will be awarding almost $100 million in grant funding to states to prevent layoffs by allowing businesses to pay employees as part-time workers and the federal government will pick up the tab for the cost of a full-time...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent. The economy has added just 75,000 jobs a month in the April-June quarter. That’s one-third of 226,000 a month created in the first quarter. Job creation is also trailing...
by Jane Richey | Jun 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The Obama administration on Wednesday acknowledged a wide-ranging definition of “green jobs” that includes bus driver, bicycle-shop clerk and other unexpected lines of employment, which the chairman of the GOP-led House oversight committee said is being done for...