Category: Economy

Happy Birthday Occupy Wall Street

Posted on by Matt Vespa

It’s Occupy Wall Street’s first birthday. : Occupy: was supposed to address the frustration and anger of the 99%: is probably one of the largest operations in political astroturfing in American history. : I’ll let Andrew Breitbart and his team explain the rest when: Occupy Unmasked: comes out later this Fall. However, even if it’s astroturf, Occupy was an outlet for […]

 

Recovery Lagging for Middle Class

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

So much for Obama being the “President of the middle class”… According to the Census Bureau, income for the middle class fell 8 percent to its lowest level since 1995. “The New York Times” severely understates the case saying that this “poses a challenge” for Barack Obama as he vies for a second term According […]

 

Why is the EPA Funding a Private Newspaper?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Environmental Protection Agency has been indulging its inner propagandist by spending at least $3.5 million to float newspaper that is purportedly “reporting” on the EPA’s pet issues. Unfortunately for the readers of this newspaper, the fact that the EPA is its sugar daddy is never told the reading public. So much for an independent […]

 

White House, Press Corps Use Mid-East Crisis to Distract From Failing Economy

Posted on by Michael Fell

Barrack Obama and members of the institutionalized “progressive” left smear machine, otherwise known as the mainstream media, launched a series of seemingly coordinated attacks on GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.:  The White House and the press uncannily echoed each other while criticizing Romney for speaking in opposition to the Cairo Embassy’s apology to Islamists for […]

 

Media Blackout: GAO Says Obama’s Welfare Waivers Illegal

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On Sept. 4, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made a startling assertion saying that Obama circumvented the law when he summarily waived the work requirements in the welfare law. Perhaps not as shocking, to date, few news outlets seem interested in the story. In its Sept. 4 letter, the GAO found that Health and Human […]

 

Updated: Not ‘Two Decades’ After All… Lilly Ledbetter Deceived DNC, Knew Of Her Pay Disparity Since 1992

Posted on by Matt Vespa

It appears that not only is Lilly Ledbetter ignoring Senate Democrats who pay their female staffers less, but her claim that for “two decades” she didn’t know she was being shortchanged is patently false. : Hans Bader, Senior Attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, emailed me his piece on Lilly Ledbetter’s speech — where he says: “it’s […]

 

NBC’s Absurdly Rosy Jobs Reporting

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Friday morning’s Today show on NBC did its best to paint the most rosy scenario possible on Obama’s latest dismal jobs report. Attempting to inoculate Obama from this economic downturn, host Matt Lauer said that analysts he had “been reading” claimed that the economy will add up to 12 million new jobs, “no matter who […]

 

History Reveals Obama’s Radical Second Term Agenda

Posted on by Brian Garst

During his convention speech accepting renomination, President Obama didn’t offer much in the way of policy specifics. Charles Krauthammer described it as “one of the emptiest speeches [he] had ever heard,” and then in a devastating critique observed: “At least Romney had a five point plan. What we heard from Obama was a vision. And […]

 

The Democracy Alliance: Soros-Linked Liberal Super Group & Its Secret Funding of Democrats

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Washington Free Beacon has undertaken a series of reports that are important for anyone interested in a follow-the-money investigation of one of the biggest influences on today’s Democrat Party. This is a hard-core group of far left extremists holding the Democrats purse strings and is called the Democracy Alliance. It is a George Soros-sponsored […]

 

Obama Needs to Stop Saying ‘I Am GM, Hear Me Roar’

Posted on by Matt Vespa

If I have to hear left-wingers touting the “success” of the auto bailout one more time, I might as well toss a chair through my window. : It’s patently false to say that the auto bailout was a success. : Furthermore, it was more of an United Auto Workers union bailout than it was for the auto […]

 

MSNBC’s Schultz and Sharpton Falsely Claim Janesville Plant Closed Under President Bush to Slam Ryan

Posted on by Matt Vespa

During MSNBC’s August 29 GOP Convention coverage, Ed Schultz and Al Sharpton made patently false remarks during their post-speech commentary of Rep. Paul Ryan. Congressman Ryan was slammed concerning statements he made about the closure of the Janesville General Motors plant.:  Rep. Ryan reiterated that President Barack Obama promised to keep the plant open, but […]

 

Close The Book Forever on the Failed “progressive” Experiment

Posted on by Michael Fell

The current White House occupant, in a calculated, targeted attack against Republican rival Mitt Romney, attempted to dismiss a key Romney rationale for his presidential candidacy by saying: “When you’re president, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm, then your job is not simply to maximize profits. Your job is to figure […]

 

Romney Reminds People About Obama’s Greek Columns

Posted on by William Teach

…and for a good reason. Though, somehow, it’s probably raaaaacist (Washington Times) Mitt Romney, routinely dismissed as a bit stiff and humorless on the stump, is suddenly cracking up his campaign trail crowds. On Saturday, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate delighted supporters at a rally in Powell, Ohio, with a Greek-themed jibe at President Obama. […]

 

Obamanomics: Most Unemployed Unable To Find A Comparable Job

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, this must be the fault of George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Republicans, international issues, tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and ATMs. Nothing is ever the fault of Obama’s pathetic, uninformed, far left policies based on imaginary economic notions (Washington Post) Many workers are nervous about their livelihoods despite the economic recovery – and for good reason, it […]

 

“Why Are Donations to Government So Small?”

Posted on by Craig Newmark

Bryan Caplan asks an excellent question. “What’s stopping Warren Buffett from paying more taxes?” is a red herring.:  The fundamental question is: “Why is government’s share of the voluntary donations market so damn small?”: : All: genuinely charitable donations suffer from the Prisoners’ Dilemma problem that Will describes.:  That’s probably a big part of the reason why charity […]

 

“Mobility Matters: Understanding the New Geography of Jobs”

Posted on by Craig Newmark

Interesting interview with economist Enrico Moretti. A growing number of skeptics are questioning the importance of the innovation sector for the American economy, arguing that its job creation is not large enough to offset the losses in manufacturing. Intel’s former CEO Andy Grove has famously criticized America’s “misplaced faith in the power of startups to […]

 

Weak Sauce! Obama Recovery Worst In American History

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Great job Barack Obama. : You’ve given us the worst economic recovery we’ve ever had in our history. : According to Guy Benson of Twonhall.com who cited The Associated Press on August 15th: The: recession: that ended three years ago this summer has been followed by: the feeblest economic recovery since the Great Depression. Since World War II, 10 U.S. […]

 

Democrats Are Pushing Grandma Off The Cliff By Ignoring Facts

Posted on by Matt Vespa

First, it’s baffling that advocating for reform of a broken system is anathema to liberals. : I’ve never met anyone who is against efficiency. Second, who cares if the right tried to ‘end medicare as we know it.’ : Emancipation from wasteful government entitlement programs is inherently moral and enhances the freedom of the American people. : However, […]

 

FACT CHECKED! Latest Democrat Attacks on Ryan Inaccurate

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Team Obama has resorted to using old budgetary analysis to slam Ryan as the destroyer of Medicare and a scourge on the American middle class. Factcheck.org analyzed what Obama’s Deputy Campaign Manager,: Stephanie Cutter, said on Face The Nation on August 12. : In that broadcast, she: said on: “It says something about Mitt Romney that he’s picking someone […]

 

The Least Productive Congress…Why?

Posted on by Michael Fell

The institutionalized “progressive” left is at it again.:  Consider this headline published by Yahoo News on behalf of Susan Davis, USA Today and ABC OTUS News: “Congress could be least productive since 1947” Three of the first four paragraphs of this “headline news” story focus on attacking the Republican majority in the House of Representatives […]

 

DNC Chair Says She Doesn’t Know if Obama’s Super PAC is a Democrat Group

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Democrat National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a recent interview that she had “no idea” about the political affiliation of the super PAC that is endorsing Barack Obama. Asked if the group was a Democrat group, she feigned that she didn’t know whether or not they were Democrats despite that the front man […]

 

WHAT! Lefty Canuck Slams Jenna Jameson

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Jenna Jameson’s epic smackdown of left-wing trolls on twitter has gone international. : The vicious proggie twitter assault began when she tweeted that George Bush never destroyed her industry on August 5th—which prompted one particular lefty to respond by saying Jameson should kill herself. : Can you feel the tolerance? : Jameson responded to the depraved tweets: with a […]

 

DESPICABLE! MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts Shamefully Exploits Teen Girls to Slam Ryan Vote on Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Towards the close of today’s MSNBC Live, anchor Thomas Roberts presented a segment featuring three New Jersey teenage girls who started a petition on the left-leaning Change.org website demanding female moderators for the upcoming presidential debates. : The young ladies succeeded in getting 180,000 signatures for their initiative. But rather than simply hailing their civic activism, […]