Category: Economy

Mitt Chooses Running Mate: It’s PAUL RYAN!

Posted on by Matt Vespa

The long wait is over. : Mitt Romney has selected Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate. : The weeks leading to this moment was beyond stressful for conservatives. : Will Romney go bold and pick Ryan, Jindal, or Rubio— or be boring and select Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio or former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. : I’ve […]

 

LA Times Feeds Into Obama’s Wedge Politics, Says 2012 Is Up To ‘Women and White People’

Posted on by Matt Vespa

David Lauter’s column featured in the: : LA Times today was a disgraceful pivot to whittle the 2012 election to say it’s really hinging on women and white people. : They’re the gatekeepers. We should forget about hispanics, high unemployment, healthcare, trillion dollar deficits, and anemic economic growth because they no longer the core issues of the election. […]

 

WHAT! Andrea Saul Uses Romneycare To Slam Obama ‘Cancer’ Ad???

Posted on by Matt Vespa

  RedState’s Erick Erickson tweeted this could be the moment when Mitt Romney lost the election. In an interview of Fox News, Romney Press Secretary Andrea Saul decided to invoke Romneycare as a counterpoint to the despicable narrative being pushed by Priorities USA. : I’m sure you’ve seen the infamous ‘cancer ad.’ : Business Insider reported on […]

 

Uh Sorry! Treasury Dept. Axes 20,000 Pensions For Non-Union Auto Workers

Posted on by Matt Vespa

The Daily Caller’s Matt Boyle broke a story on August 7th that detailed how Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was instrumental in axing the pensions of 20,000: retired auto workers at Delphi. : Boyle wrote that the elimination of these workers pensions was due to their non-union status. :  The internal government emails contradict sworn testimony, in federal […]

 

New Romney ad uses Democrats to hit Obama on welfare issue [VIDEO]

Posted on by Sunshine State Sarah

It’s no secret that I think Barack Obama has been a colossal failure as a president. Forty-one straight months of unemployment over eight percent is nothing to cheer about, but Obama seems to think that moving more people out of the job market and into entitlement programs is a positive development. How else to explain […]

 

Updated: Americans for Prosperity Slams Obama’s Failure In Tackling The National Debt

Posted on by Matt Vespa

With the news cycle hitting the annual period of banality, Americans for Prosperity is keeping the pressure on Barack Obama. : With unemployment rising to 8.3%, the national debt growing, and record deficits, they have announced another $27 million dollar ad buy highlighting the president’s inability to tackle the debt. USA Today reported on August 7th […]

 

70 Things Barry Doesn’t Want You To Know About The Economy

Posted on by Matt Vespa

The Blaze posted an interesting story yesterday concerning the 70 things the Obama campaign might not want to tell voters concerning our economic state. :  Taken from Sen. Tom Coburn’s 2011 Edition of his Wastebook, I’m sure you will find some interesting factoids to share with your liberal friends. Here are a few of them […]

 

HA! Jenna Jameson Responds to Lefty Haters With “Your Mom” Quips

Posted on by Matt Vespa

  When it comes to responding to despicable left-wing trolls on Twitter, Jenna Jameson certainly knows how to deal with them. : Yesterday, Jameson, a successful businesswoman and entrepreneur, simply tweeted that former President George W. Bush didn’t destroy her industry. Well, that caused a conniption fit on the left. : With a torrent of hate tweets […]

 

How Obama Enabled Unscrupulous Banks to Foreclose on Innocent Homeowners

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

The epidemic of home foreclosures has been made far worse than necessary due to the banks’ unwillingness to work with homeowners. Although Congress has passed numerous laws to force the banks to assist homeowners, the banks have found ways not to comply. The banks also brazenly break other laws to further their profits at the […]

 

The Economic Justice Lie

Posted on by Michael Fell

For years, the current White House occupant has foisted the concept that more affluent Americans do not pay their fair share of taxes.:  That may make for an effectively memorable campaign stump slogan, but as is so often the case with the “progressive” Democrat’s reelection campaign statements, the rhetoric does not align itself with reality.:  […]

 

Worst. President. Ever.

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Unemployment has risen to 8.3%. : Can we safely say that Keynesian economics is dead? : I mean we mention those horrible Bush Tax Cuts that created 8.1 million jobs and 50 straight months of uninterrupted economic growth. No No. Even though, as Heritage posted in June of 2011: GDP grew at an annual rate of just […]

 

Shocker! Low Taxes and Responsible Government Drives Economic Growth

Posted on by Matt Vespa

While many : in the political arena are focused on national elections, we can’t forget how local issues also effect the socioeconomic fabric of local communities. : As The Defending The American Dream Summit hosted by Americans for Prosperity begins, one of the sessions focused solely on this issue concerning state policy and how it drives economic […]

 

Hiring Stepped Up A Bit In July, But Unemployment Rate “Unexpectedly” Goes Up

Posted on by William Teach

Hey, remember these fun Obama quotes? The private sector is doing fine You didn’t build that We tried our plan and it worked! Really? (CNN) Businesses stepped up their hiring in July, but the unemployment rate ticked higher anyway. Employers said they added 163,000 jobs in the month, according to a Labor Department report released […]

 

Is This Any Way To Govern?

Posted on by Michael Fell

Profits for Government Motors, the crown jewel of White House efforts to portray their venture capital investment efforts in a successful light, dropped 41 percent in the second quarter.:  Using GM as a staple of his never ending re-election campaign efforts, the current Oval Office occupant has consistently crowed from the stump about how the […]

 

LA Times Columnist to Chick-fil-A: Shut Up and Fry!

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day and freedom of speech never tasted so good. However, as millions of Americans lined up to grab one of their tasty chicken sandwiches and waffles fries, counter protests were also planned over Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy’s , alleged anti-gay remarks, which were nothing more than an expression of his religiously-informed […]

 

Obamacare Costs $1.9 Trillion AND Still Leaves 30 Million Uninsured

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Since the 5-4 decision to uphold Obamacare as constitutional through the taxing authority of Congress, the CBO gave their final grade. . : But it’s not biggie. : This entire overhaul is “deficit neutral” and will save money in the long run. : That’s what the Left try to sell us. : Even Joe Six Pack knows that something […]

 

Heh! Obama Says He’ll Get The Economy “Going Full Guns”

Posted on by William Teach

At a $40,000 a head fundraiser Monday night (weird how the Occupiers weren’t outside protesting) Obama said (Politico) “I’m confident that we are running a good campaign” and will continue to do so, but Democrats are “being outspent substantially,” he told 60 donors, who gave $40,000 each. Though Obama said he doesn’t anticipate being able […]

 

Government or Business?

Posted on by Michael Fell

A review of history shows that smaller government and lower tax rates consistently prove more fiscally sound and achieve greater success at stimulating economies than do the big government, big spending policies of the current administration and fellow “progressive” Democrats. The White House’s agenda is disastrous for economic growth and stability. Much of what the […]

 

Even TIME Says Mayors Emanuel and Menino Wronging Chick-Fil-A

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

It’s a “First Amendment buzzsaw,” that the mayors of Chicago and Boston have walked into over misuse of their powers in denying Chick-Fil-A the right to open and operate their fast food stores in the two cities. This is from TIME, yet. And if even TIME realizes that the Democrats are misusing their powers, well, […]

 

Hooray! GDP Up 1.5%

Posted on by William Teach

The numbers for the 2nd quarter GDP are out, and some are celebrating, since some expected 1.3% (some expected 1.5%, though), and got 1.5%. Um, a clue for those celebrating: 1.5% sucks. (Bloomberg) The U.S. economy expanded at a slower pace in the second quarter as a softening job market prompted Americans to curb spending. […]

 

Uh-Oh B-Ho

Posted on by Matt Vespa

In the aftermath of the “you didn’t build that” comments, it : should be no surprise that his collectivist rhetoric hurt his approval ratings amongst business owners. : According to Gallup, Obama’s approval amongst this demographic has dropped from 41% to 35%, he’s in a dead heat: with Romney, and Rasmussen has Romney taking the lead by four […]

 

Emanuel’s ‘Chicago Values’ Includes Supporting Gay-Hating, Jew-Hating Louis Farrakhan

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Yesterday we reported that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that the Christian values of Chick-Fil-A are not “Chicago values.” So, who does embody those “Chicago values” as far as Rahm is concerned? Why, extremist Louis Farrakhan, who else? On July 25, Mayor Emanuel welcomed the “help” of hatemonger Louis Farrakhan, leader of the cult the […]

 

Thin Skinned President Whines About Having His “Vision Distorted”

Posted on by William Teach

Someone needs to put on their big boy and big girl pants, because, actually, we know what Obama’s vision is. We’ve been forced to live with it for 3 7/12’s years (The Hill) President Obama slammed his opponent Mitt Romney on Monday night, accusing the presumptive GOP nominee of trying to “distort my vision.” The […]

 

Solyndra Republicans, Why the GOP Cannot be Trusted

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On Friday, July 20, Politico reported that GOP leadership in the House beat back an attempt by recalcitrant members of their own caucus to continue to quietly support the sort of pork spending that gave us Solyndra in the first place. House GOP leadership has been beating the Democrats up for the pure wasteful spending […]