More Jobs. Higher Wages. Surging Economy. Where’s Our Thanks To Trump?
1,000,000 new jobs. You’d think you’d hear a lot about such an impressive number. So far, it’s made little splash in the media. Nonetheless, since the Republican tax cuts were…
Jobs Report Shows 3.8 Percent Unemployment, Lowest Since 2000
By Maireid Mcardle • National Review The American economy finished stronger than expected in May, according to the Labor Department’s jobs report, released on Friday. The unemployment rate was expected…
Get Ready for Economic Liftoff
The supposedly smart people said Donald Trump would destroy the U.S. economy if he were elected president. They were wrong. On Thursday, the Dow broke 25,000 for the first time…
The Tax Cut Bill Is Just the Beginning
The Republicans have kicked off the New Year with an earnest effort to sell the American public on the benefits of the tax bill just passed. It’s better than nothing,…
Analysis: A $15 Minimum Wage Will Cost California 400,000 Jobs
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon California is projected to have a $15 statewide minimum wage by 2022. Economists project this will lead to a loss of 400,000 jobs,…
Newt Gingrich: Tax cuts are key to reaching four percent growth — Ignore the ‘experts’
By Newt Gingrich • Fox News The left-wing media and the elites never seem to tire of being wrong. Remember in May when President Trump said his policies would spur…
From debt to jobs, Obama failed to deliver
by Justin Haskins • Philly Inquirer Shortly after being sworn into office in January 2009, President Obama, along with Democrats in Congress, spent trillions of dollars on government bailouts, stimulus…
Will 2016 Bring the Collapse of China’s Economy?
China’s global dominance, something analysts say is inevitable, will have to wait. by Gordon G. Chang • The National Interest Last Monday, at the conclusion of China’s…
A Road Paved With Good Intentions
by Kenneth Bloomquist Standing before an audience of college students, President Obama remarked that “As Americans, we can and should be proud of the progress that our country has made over…
The Obama economy has SERIOUS problems
by Heather Long • CNN High on the Republican presidential candidates’ list of talking points is the Obama economy. Specifically, bashing it. They have some grist…
There’s a Not-So-Small Problem With the President’s Claim That the US is Seeing a ‘Jobs Recovery’
by Frank Camp • IJReview According to a new study by Pew Charitable Trusts, using data from 2000-2013, the middle class population in America has “shrunk”…
Barack Obama, Corporate Liberal
And secret friend of the one percent. by Jay Cost • The Weekly Standard In last week’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama came…
Obama’s Illusory Economic Recovery
Official statistics ignore the real hardships families face. By Stephen Moore • The Washington Times The big news from this week’s State of the Union address…
Data points don’t support Obama’s claim that we’re ‘better off’
by the Oklahoman Editorial Board Barack Obama has always seen himself as an agent of change, a la Ronald Reagan. His goal was to do for progressive politics what Reagan…
Obama’s super slow, trickle-up economy
by New York Daily News Happy days are not yet here again for American workers, regardless of the cheering generated by the government’s latest report on job creation. The number…