Tomorrow, the President will describe the state of the union, including the state of the economy for workers and families. Americans are likely to hear more of the same from recent years – how Administration policies (1)
On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report that predicts that the unemployment rate will remain close to 8 ...
In February 2009, President Obama signed the Democrats’ $1 trillion stimulus plan into law. As shown in their infamous January 2009 Romer-Bernstein ...
Today, the Obama Administration announced that they would shut down the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. But will Americans really miss it? When it did meet, the President largely
As the President continues to call for well over $1 trillion in new taxes, including higher tax rates for small businesses, Main Street job creators have been speaking out about what those new taxes will mean for them and the men and women they work with each day. The news is not good. Three newly released surveys confirm the threat of higher tax rates is already ...
Last week, a New York Times editorial noted that, despite November’s job gains, the employment situation in the U.S. is still bleak:“Over all, the job market is still very weak, with an estimated 3.9 million ...
Today’s report from the Department of Labor shows that a net total of 146,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in November. While any job creation is welcomed, it is important to put them in perspective.
On November 8, Congressional Democrats suggested that allowing taxes to rise on small businesses would “have only a miniscule effect on economic growth.” However, according to a new Congressional Budget ...
1. Almost 4 Million Fewer Jobs than Projected: In January 2009, the Obama Administration forecast there would be 137.6 million jobs in December 2010. Instead there were 130.3 million jobs in December 2010. Even 22 months later in October 2012, there are just 133.8 million jobs – 3.8 million fewer than the ...
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