Newspapers Endangered…By the Telegraph
With the advent of new technology, newspapers are being threatened. Many are expected to go out of business, and the rest will have to change… Read More
With the advent of new technology, newspapers are being threatened. Many are expected to go out of business, and the rest will have to change… Read More
President Obama last week told a group of Republican members of Congress who were at the White House that, every economist he has talked to… Read More
President Obama is reported to be considering an Executive Order creating yet another commission to consider options for curtailing Washington’s deficit addiction. Even at a… Read More
In the latest salvo in the war against wireless, media activist group Free Press last week proclaimed that “carriers are using…inflated early termination fees to… Read More
As early as today, the House is set to approve Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-MA) financial regulation bill intended to prevent future Wall Street bailouts by… Read More
The financial reform bill that is currently before the House would give regulators virtually unlimited power over “too big to fail” financial institutions. Those are… Read More
Creating a new “Consumer Financial Protection Agency” (CFPA), as proposed in the financial regulation bill now before the House, would raise costs for consumers, reduce… Read More
Just as the housing market is showing definite signs that it is stabilizing after a lengthy drop in housing prices, the House of Representatives is… Read More
With over 15 million Americans out of work Congress is searching for ways to reduce unemployment. The latest idea, put forward by Sen. Jack Reed… Read More
When the government bailed out General Motors and Chrysler, part of the necessary, painful road to recovery was to cut unnecessary dealerships. Before the cuts… Read More
Timing is everything in life. And in death. America’s level of death taxes is a bouncing ball—a political football because Congress is fumbling around with… Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives will likely vote tomorrow to continue about 50 expiring tax incentives known as “tax extenders.” It must do so each… Read More
The health care reform wallowing through Congress includes a ploy reminiscent of the “liar loans” prominent during the recent real estate bubble before its collapse…. Read More
Last week’s Wall Street Journal called attention to an issue that most policymakers in Washington don’t want to talk about: President Obama and Congress’ ever-growing… Read More
There’s new evidence that General Motors and Chrysler, both owned partly by taxpayers, are still facing interference in the way they are run. The latest… Read More
Back when the unemployment rate was only 9.8% White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein told the Associated Press that the early data on the effect… Read More
Congress is discussing yet another tax increase. This one would be a tax on stock transactions and could fund a new jobs bill since it… Read More
Bidding has begun on Comcast’s acquisition of a majority stake in NBC Universal. No, not the bidding between GE and Comcast over the terms of… Read More
Another month under President Obama, another 11,000 jobs lost, pushing the total Obama jobs deficit to 7.6 million. One day after the White House jobs… Read More
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics released their November employment report showing the nation’s unemployment rate dropped all the way to 10%. While it is… Read More
It’s been used to buy one car company, give another to union allies, punish non-union workers, undermine the bankruptcy code, enrich Wall Street at the… Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to permanently extend the death tax at its current 45 percent rate and $3.5 million exemption. This is a… Read More
Federal stimulus spending is stimulating business for contractors helping the government figure out how to spend the stimulus money, reports the Washington Post. Government agencies… Read More
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVhVxJyFPRY[/youtube] Yesterday, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) outlined a seven point common sense plan for job creation here at the Heritage Foundation. Item number… Read More
The House Financial Services Committee yesterday OK’d a key part of Barney Frank’s agenda for reform of the financial industry yesterday, voting to 31-27 to… Read More
The unemployment rate when President Obama took office last January was 7.6 percent and credit markets were in the throes of a global contagion. He… Read More
Today the White House will host a Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth featuring such leftist luminaries as Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman. Yesterday The… Read More
As the Congress prepares to address the death tax in the waning weeks of December, one argument undergirds the primary defense the tax. The argument… Read More
Heritage expert Alison Fraser on jobs
Today, President Obama is hosting a jobs summit at the White House with union bosses and corporate CEOs to discuss ways to accelerate job creation… Read More
