Economy
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MD governor defends offshore wind farm near naval base despite radar worries
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley courted controversy when he vetoed a bill that would have prevented a wind farm from being…
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Did Obama take a promised pay cut? White House won’t say
The White House will neither admit nor deny whether President Obama lived up to a promise he’d made more than…
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Video: Howard Portnoy on ‘Smart Life with Dr. Gina’
For those who missed the prompt, last week Liberty Unyielding’s editor in chief, Howard Portnoy, was a guest on “Smart…
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Obamacare costs increase due to wasteful contracts and failed exchanges
Politico recently tallied the rising costs for “four failed Obamacare exchanges,” reporting that: Nearly half a billion dollars in federal…
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Major gun manufacturer and thousands of jobs wave goodbye to New York
After announcing a reduction in workforce in their Ilion production line in February, Remington Arms triggered fears that the weapons maker may shut…
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Insurance premiums and taxes go up due to Obamacare
“Rate hikes for all” are coming due to Obamacare, predicts The Daily Caller, citing state insurance filings: Virginians will see upped…
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Bonus and raise for CO’s Obamacare CEO ignite demands for audit
Colorado conservatives are apoplectic that the state’s flailing Obamacare exchange rewarded its director with a hefty bonus and raise. Several are calling for…
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Report: IRS allowing billions in improper tax credits
A new government report says the IRS is making little progress in reducing improper payments of Earned Income Tax Credits — allowing more…
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Massachusetts Obamacare exchange fails; State seeks more from taxpayers
Massachusetts’ Obamacare exchange has failed, even though Massachusetts adopted an individual health-insurance mandate in 2006, and thus had a built-in advantage over…
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Panera CEO says raise minimum wage but plans to replace humans with computers
Do as Panera Bread CEO Rob Shaich says, not as he does. From the Washington Free Beacon comes word that…
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Hawaii Obamacare exchange has spent $10K on each enrollee
There’s also good reason to suspect the quality of the “quality, affordable health care” available through the Obamacare exchange in…
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Obama: Democrats lost House in 2010 because Democrat voters are ‘busy’
President Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi should probably align their talking points on why Democrats lost the 2010 election.…
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Sequestration didn’t cost 1.6 million government jobs, or even 1.6 jobs
Let’s accept the demonstrably false premise that sequestration and the government shutdown brought on by it in 2013 were entirely…
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Washington, D.C. passes 1 percent Obamacare health-insurance tax
The costs of Obamacare keep rising. The City Council of the District of Columbia has just imposed a one percent…
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How the select committee on Benghazi could hurt Republicans in November
When political prognosticator par excellence Nate Silver predicted in late March that the GOP has a slight edge in the race to…
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Nancy Pelosi forgets Democrats have been in charge for six years
One would think that House minority leader Nancy Pelosi would not be too loud about criticizing the GOP approach on…
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Tea party candidate whose ‘takeover’ solution could be just what the GOP needs
A growing number of conservative leaders and voters are calling for candidates to challenge members of the pro-amnesty GOP establishment at…
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Dem Rep. Barbara Lee supports raising minimum wage in California … to $26
California Democratic congresswoman Barbara Lee expressed support for a $26 minimum wage in her state — a move Republican congressman Andy…
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Toyota says goodbye to California taxes, moving 5,300 jobs to Texas; other firms to follow
Here’s a truism the progressives ignore: When you overtax, people and corporations vote with their feet and scram. Toyota has…
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NY taxpayers to cough up $333K per megawatt of solar power
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has excitedly announced his $1 billion plan to increase the Empire State’s solar power generation…
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Proposed rules will ‘result in the financial demise’ of ranchers
It is impossible to address an issue if its existence is unknown. I suspect many people are unaware of proposed…
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Analysis shows Obamacare will cost taxpayers $53,000 per newly insured
Taxpayers will pay over $53,000 per each person newly insured under Obamacare, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis…
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Ronald Reagan’s executive order on grazing fees is not what you think
“I happen to be one who cheers and supports the Sagebrush Rebellion. Count me in as a rebel.” – Ronald…
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IRS awards employees who didn’t pay their taxes with bonuses
If you forget to pay taxes the IRS will be on your back very quickly — unless you work for the…
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Public, private money come together at Hispanic youth-oriented Fusion TV
Call it Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s version of “Tango & Cash.” The Republican made a splash in Miami last year…
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Increased dependence on federal funding is eroding states’ rights
This issue distinctly hits close to home here in the Commonwealth of Virginia where the Republican-controlled House of Delegates is…
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Secrecy and overregulation adversely impacting consumer financial markets
Financial regulations imposed after the 2008 Wall Street crash are backfiring on consumers and pose a “compliance nightmare” for lenders.…
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Obama EEOC loses hypocritical lawsuit against company over background checks
“In this case the EEOC sued the defendants for using the same type of background check that the EEOC itself…
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Illegal immigration is anything but an ‘act of love’
There sure is a pile jumping on former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for his recent statement concerning illegal immigration. Bush…
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Socialist on secretive ‘consumer protection’ board good at spending other people’s money
Usual-suspect community-organizer shakedown artist.
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Report: Youth to spend one-third of income on taxes, health care
“I was all for Obamacare until I found out I was paying for it.” — Anonymous California woman. Despite a steady stream…
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Yankee One Dollar closing remaining stores due to Obamacare
Citing Obamacare and an increase in the state’s minimum wage, the owner of Waterford-based Yankee One Dollar is closing down…
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Dem-allied Senator: ‘There’s no such thing as Obamacare’
Would that it were so! The words are those of Senator Angus King, of Maine, who is registered as an…
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