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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...

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...

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

Speaker John Boehner today posted a critical analysis of the September jobs report by David Stewart, Boehner's Economic Policy Advisor.Stewart&...

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...

$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...

U.S. Ag Secretary Vilsack: renewable energy is a matter of national security

Last night, speaking on a live broadcast on RFD TV last night, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that developing “home grown energy...

Cantor to Americans: Keep on paying at the pump (profit comes first)

House Republican leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) addressed te CME, a group of oil traders in Chicago yesterday and told them that Republicans will keep...

U.S. infrastructure was sacrificed to fund wars and tax cuts for wealthy

Policies of the federal government since 2001 have seriously neglected spending on maintaining and improving our aging infrastructure. In 2000, the...