Despite Obama’s Promise of “Recovery Summer”, 54,000 Jobs Lost in August
The American people were told by the Obama administration that this would be the “summer of recovery.” Joe Biden notoriously claimed that "you're going to see, come the spring,…
Actually Nancy Pelosi, Unemployment Benefits Do Not Create Net New Jobs
Last month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed that unemployment benefits “creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name.” PolitiZoid has created an animated video…
Boehner to Obama: Fire All Economic Advisers
Clearly, President Obama’s economic advisers’ policies have failed to produce any signs of economic recovery. A new report shows that 48 out of 50 states have lost jobs since…
Labor Department: 131,000 Jobs Lost in July
Today, the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report revealed that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.5% for July. While the private sector added 71,000 jobs last month, not enough…
ADP Report: Slight Increase in Private Sector Jobs But 15 Million Still Unemployed
Today, the monthly ADP National Employment Report was released indicating that an estimated 42,000 private sector jobs were gained in July.
Stimulus Failing: 49 States Lose Jobs
Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Dave Camp (R-MI), released data which compares the White House’s projected job gains as a result of the stimulus and current…
September Unemployment Metrics
We are arguably in the midst of an economic downturn the likes of which our country has not seen in decades. This past month, the economy posted some horrific unemployment…
Everyday 14,000 Americans Lose Their Coverage, Really?
On September 9, 2009 Barack Obama gave a speech on health care before a Joint Session of Congress in which he said that “every day, 14,000 Americans lose their…
July’s minimum wage increase could effect college attendance
Minimum wage is set to increase from $6.55 an hour to $7.25 on July 24th. The Wall Street Journal article “Mandating Unemployment, congress prepares to kill more…
Just how bad is the economy? A FreedomWorks activist sounds off.
I received an excellent email this morning from a FreedomWorks activist in response to a call to action that was sent yesterday regarding the massive stimulus package currently working its…