We think you're near Los Angeles

Currently in Los Angeles

Location: Los Angeles Current temperature: 60°F: Current condition: Clear See Extended Forecast

Los Angeles economic policy

Obama to reduce student loan payments for millions of students

Many Angelinos were upset about the traffic nightmare that the President’s latest visit to L.A. brought to the streets. However, many...
Read more

$26 billion state aid bill serves unions, not economy

Many Kenynesian economists are undoubtedly looking quizzically at the new batch of unemployment figures, wracking their brains for an explanation...
Read more

Treasury Secretary Geithner gives optimistic view of economy in New York Times article

Stoking our suspicion that every person in the president’s inner sanctum lives outside the realm of reality, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner...
Read more

Experts say Gulf oil spill disaster hyped

Now that BP’s oil has ceased its march into the Gulf, many experts are positing that the spill’s long-term effects have been...
Read more

Pew study shows low level of confidence in Obama's financial regulation bill, stimulus

While its troubles among voters are already well known, a new economic poll by the Pew Research Center puts the Obama administration’s plight...
Read more

Obama signs new E.O. to allow Federal government control over state economies

On May 15th, President Barack Obama signed his third resource and economically based Executive Order within the last 45 days. Titled,Establishing a...
Read more

Payroll tax cut extension: victory for political deceit

What's a speaker of the House of Representatives to do when the president insinuates that Republicans don't want a dad to have pizza with...
Read more

Boehner's economic advisor slams September jobs report as "treading water"

  • September Jobs report
  • October 7, 2011
Speaker John Boehner today posted a critical analysis of the September jobs report by David Stewart, Boehner's Economic Policy Advisor.Stewart&...
Read more

Economy sluggish still: Job creation, tax cuts and deficit all hotly debated

The fragile recovery has slowed and it is causing concern. There are as many proposals on how to fix this problem as there are economists and...
Read more

$14 trillion dollar national debt: What did we get for it?

The United States has exceeded its legal authority to borrow money to pay its bills—even from itself. The government can’t even borrow...
Read more