Economy
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Dems have long discouraged all but slave, government, and union labor
And only limited amounts of non-government versions of the latter. Democrats are the ones that need to be put out of…
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Two million jobs will disappear due to Obamacare, CBO says; Budget deficit to rise
“The new healthcare law will slow economic growth over the next decade, costing the nation about 2.3 million jobs and…
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50 years of change Sam Cooke wanted and some he didn’t
Fifty-one years ago, Sam Cooke and his band were denied rooms at a Holiday Inn in Shreveport, Louisiana thanks to…
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State budgets dependant on the federal government
During a meeting of the National Governors Association last month, governors from across the country “criticized Congress” for “the political gridlock…
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The Obama administration’s attack on the U.S. financial system
A weapon formed against us.
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Obama: ‘economy speeding up,’ vows to bypass congress
President Obama gave his weekly address Saturday. It is unclear if he is speaking of America, because his statements seemed…
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Big Biz GOP donors, Dem Labor Unions for cheap labor
Of course, big businesses led by Democrats, Republicans and independents naturally favor greater supplies of labor, but these aren’t your…
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New video by Free Market America: #WeAreNotTheMasses
In 2012, Free Market America created a video called “If I wanted America to fail” that inspired millions. Today, the organization has released…
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Raise the minimum wage and help the poor (politician win votes)
In case you missed it — and apparently, many Americans did — the president gave his State of the Union…
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The President’s debunked wage gap claim
Commentators recently debunked the president’s wage gap claim in his State of the Union address, noting that labor economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth found…
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Hell: When Hotlanta freezes over or ObamaDems don’t?
The latter, by far. Yesterday at High Noon, Mother Earth decided to up and quickly dump snow and ice on…
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Tom Perkins is correct about class warfare being a problem in America
Tom Perkins, a prominent venture capitalist, called out the “eat the rich” mentality in a letter to the Wall Street Journal titled…
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Obama to bypass Congress … again (and again)
It’s been a couple of weeks since President Obama remarked, “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone” and…
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Disastrous State of liberal-Democrat-governed Union
Section 3 of Article II of the U.S. Constitution provides that the President “shall from time to time give to…
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Disparate impact policies are bad for America
A real concern for all American citizens is that President Obama and his allies base horrific policy decisions on the…
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MLK, poor people’s campaigns, and the GOP
Forty-six years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Democratic Party has made clear its rejection…
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The nanny state’s idea of a War on Poverty
Having solved all of the nation’s woes in his first five years in office, Barack Obama announced this week that…
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Obama has a pen, phone, scepter and failed presidency
And We, the People, have lost six, working on eight, years of liberty-fueled pursuits of happiness. Soon after his coronations…
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MSNBC’s Touré Neblett: Jobs ‘an ineffective anti-poverty program’
Apparently, a basic knowledge of economics or current events is not a requirement for hosts at MSNBC as demonstrated by Touré…
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Your tax dollars at work: Fed shells out $175 million for penis pumps
Lest I be accused of making a mountain out of a molehill, the $175 mil was spread out over six…
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Harry Reid will hear jobless amendments in wake of ‘illegal’ IRS credits
Bowing to a flurry of cost-cutting amendments on a bill extending unemployment benefits, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he will allow…
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Flashback: Chris Christie on global warming — ‘Time to defer to the experts’
On Friday’s Glenn Beck radio program, Beck responded to criticism that he was “poisoning the well” by not endorsing Chris…
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Class warfare, economic violence, and the Labor Force Participation Rate
A Pew Survey released yesterday illustrates that less people are falling for the tired vilification of the wealthy. While the…
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Reagan Farewell Address @ 25: Conservatism works
A third of a century ago, an old B-movie actor, radical right-wing conservative, tea party-like Republican was appointed Chief Executive…
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Nancy Pelosi: GOP heartless for wanting job creation, unemployment benefits paid for
On Thursday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., continued her drumbeat against Republicans, claiming GOP lawmakers are heartless for wanting…
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When will the economy really ‘turn the corner’?
On Apr. 2, 2010 President Obama, ebullient over the addition of 162,000 jobs the month before, announced: Today is an…
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In Nevada, 75 percent of illegal immigrants fail driver’s license test
Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has confirmed that 75 percent of illegal immigrants failed the written test needed for a…
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Progress in war on black poverty due to civil rights, not welfare
Current poverty stats generally show the same 15-17% rate of Americans living in poverty today as were when President Lyndon Johnson launched…
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GOP takes aim at ‘illegal’ IRS payouts, double-dipping in jobless showdown
A group of U.S. Senate Republicans is pressing for $70 billion in fiscal reforms to offset the cost of extending…
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Welfare as ‘transitional living’ … at Disney World
Sheila Jackson Lee, as noted earlier today by our LU Staff, wants to change the term “welfare” to “transitional living…
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2013 government data on Food Stamp growth worse than you thought
This week our nation celebrates a glorious milestone: the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. You will hear much…
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Report: Fed agencies trim millions in junkets
A quarter million dollars in modern Washington parlance is chump change. With the National Debt now achieving Everest-like proportions, even…
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