Economy
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Clinton/Warren 2016: Should Republicans laugh, fear, or ignore it?
Would a Democratic presidential ticket of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren be…
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Merry Christmas! Disheartened troops to receive whopping $22.20-a-month raise
Frustration over declining budgets has caused a downward spiral for the military’s approval rating for the president, but the bosses…
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EPA hits coal industry with a massive regulation right before Christmas
While millions of Americans began their holiday travels last Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency had an early Christmas gift for…
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Report: Blue states jumped on tax-cut bandwagon in 2014
With Wisconsin leading the way, 14 states enacted “significant, broad-based tax cuts” in 2014, according to a report released Wednesday.…
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Obama groupies get behind Elizabeth Warren, but can the middle class afford four more years?
An open letter has been posted online by 300 Obama enthusiasts who have decide to throw their collective weight behind…
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Bending to the wind, Congress revives green energy credits
Another year, another $10 billion for renewable energy credits. The lame-duck House of Representatives this week voted to extend controversial…
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Dodd-Frank Act causes misery and starvation through conflict-minerals rules
Much misery has been inflicted upon the Congo and millions of desperately poor people by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act’s “conflict…
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Obamacare quirk promotes migrant hiring over U.S. citizens
Illegal immigrants made legal by President Obama’s executive order can move to the head of the hiring line because they’re…
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Legal immigrants, other groups have standing to challenge Obama’s unconstitutional immigration action
Some legal scholars have suggested that even if President Obama’s recent immigration action is unconstitutional or illegal, no one has…
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Black Friday sales a bummer, except for this item on Obama’s hit list
The numbers are in, and Thanksgiving weekend sales fell below last year’s overall figures — except for one class of…
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‘Green’ lobby pushes to extend lucrative tax breaks
As the lame-duck Congress limps to the finish line, billions of dollars in dubious federal energy subsidies remain in limbo. The…
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Tweet of the Day: Obama claims his Bamnesty will add billions to GDP
Yesterday Barack Obama tweeted that the executive order he signed Friday, granting amnesty to 5 million illegal aliens, would increase the U.S. gross…
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Obama’s immigration action expands the welfare state
Barack Obama’s decision yesterday to offer temporary legal status to five million illegal aliens has been assailed as a violation…
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Elizabeth Warren, a ‘trickle-down’ zombie
The New York Times’s Paul Krugman routinely decries what he calls “zombie ideas”— those that survive despite overwhelming contrary evidence. Senator…
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Billions of taxpayer dollars are spent … collecting taxes
If Americans understood how much it costs the IRS to collect taxes, and how much it costs for taxpayers to…
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China ‘swindles’ Obama in re his war on coal
China’s agreement to reduce coal emissions isn’t worth the paper it was printed on, an energy research group says. Noting…
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ISIS wants to mint its own currency: What’s next in its plans for worldwide domination?
JV, eh? As part of its plan to establish a worldwide caliphate, the terrorist group formerly known as ISIS (and ISIL) wants…
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Google applies for federal grant to pay off federal loan on failed solar project
The world’s largest solar electric generating plant, California’s Ivanpah, which is owned by some of the country’s wealthiest investors, is…
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Video: Prager U presents ‘Progressive Income Tax,’ a bedtime story
“The Progressive Income Tax” is one of those economic terms that gets bandied about, but few actually know what it…
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Voters hike minimum wage, reject rail boondoggles
On Tuesday, voters approved increases in state-level minimum wages in four states (Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota), although to levels…
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Tweet of the Day: NC ‘Libertarian’ candidate carries water for Democratic Party
Sean Haugh, the “libertarian” candidate in North Carolina, could tilt the U.S. Senate toward the statist party. I place the…
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