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Stimulus Money Meets Lack Of Accountability

Last week it was revealed tha t $120,000 in federal stimulus money, originally intended to help clean up Ononadaga Lake in Central...

By Matt Margolis | 06-03-2009

Is the Stimulus "Targeted, Timely, and Temporary?"

The Obama Administration had announced before unveiling the stimulus package that it would have to be "targeted, timely,...

By Alexa Shrugged | 06-01-2009

Stimulus Fail: Not Timely or Targeted

Remember when the Obama Administration said while pushing for the stimulus bill to be passed that it would be timely and targeted...

By Alexa Shrugged | 05-25-2009

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Democrats fiddle while the economy burns

If the unemployment rate is at a dismal 9.8%, we’ve lost an average of 16,000 jobs a day, and only one state saw an increase in jobs over the last nine months (North Dakota, with an increase of less than 2,000 jobs), would you consider that there...

Published 10-26-2009 9:11 AM by Cassy Fiano

Filed under: economic recovery
Seven Months and 2.7 Million Lost Jobs Later...

It was during a January 10th radio address that President Barack Obama laid out the number one goal of his economic stimulus plan: Create 3 million new jobs in the next 24 months, with only 600,000 being government jobs. So how's it working out? Seven...

Published 10-26-2009 9:06 AM by Duane Lester

Filed under: economic recovery, jobs
Using the Past to See the Future

When I sat down to write a column this week, I didn't know what I was going to write about, so I started scanning the headlines, looking for inspiration. I read quite a few stories on how the economy was recovering. That's inspiring. For example...

Published 10-19-2009 12:01 AM by Duane Lester

Filed under: economic recovery, Depression
How many jobs has Obama saved this month?

It's clear to anyone with eyes to see that the stimulus package passed earlier this year was a miserable failure. Since Obama's push for health care reform over the past few months, little has been mentioned about the stimulus package. Everyone...

Published 10-19-2009 12:01 AM by Cassy Fiano

Filed under: economic recovery, jobs
Unemployment Rate May Determine 2010 Outcome

Although some say the U.S. economy has " turned a corner " and Joe Biden says of the stimulus , "In my wildest dreams, I never thought it would work this well," the unemployment rate has reached a 26-year high and many Americans are...

Published 10-08-2009 12:01 AM by Lorie Byrd

Filed under: unemployment, economic recovery
Are You Blown Away Yet

Michigan's economy is on the precipice. The state's unemployment rate is 14.7 percent, the highest in the nation. Over 632,000 jobs have been eliminated under Governor Jennifer Granholm's watch. Another 360,000 are expected to be lost by the...

Published 10-08-2009 12:01 AM by Kim Priestap

Filed under: economic recovery, jobs
SAMUELSON: ESCAPING DEPRESSION 2.0

WASHINGTON -- How close did we come to the Great Depression 2.0? That question will spawn a cottage industry of books, studies and conferences. But Christina Romer, the head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, already has an answer...

Published 10-05-2009 12:01 AM by Robert Samuelson

Filed under: economic recovery
Spinning Our Wheels in a Billion Dollar Green Machine

The Obama Administration has made the green movement a high priority, and with a Democrat Congress, the money is flowing to green initiatives. Recently, the government gave over half a billion dollars to a small California-based car company backed by...

Published 09-28-2009 10:06 AM by Duane Lester

Filed under: economic recovery, green jobs
Obama's world premiere

If the past nine months of the Obama administration hasn’t told you that the aim of Obama’s presidency is to equalize the stature of the United States in comparison with the rest of the world, this week’s address to the United Nations...

Published 09-25-2009 12:01 AM by Michael Lewis

Filed under: debt, economic recovery, obama administration
Deciphering the economic news

The way the news media report issues relating to the economy greatly impacts the way people view the economic well being of the country. That, in turn, influences their behavior. If they see the economic situation as strong and sound, they are more likely...

Published 09-24-2009 12:01 AM by Lorie Byrd

Filed under: economic recovery
SAMUELSON: Will Recovery Go Global?

WASHINGTON -- Before we get too giddy about any U.S. economic "recovery," we should remember that the preceding economic collapse was global. No recovery can succeed unless it, too, is global. Will that happen? The world can no longer rely for...

Published 08-17-2009 12:05 AM by Robert Samuelson

Filed under: economic recovery
Feckless Administration Ignores Economic Blueprint For Success

President Bush announced in October 2007 that because of increased tax revenues as a result of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 the national deficit was lower than the average of the past forty years. The Bush Administration celebrated...

Published 08-11-2009 12:01 AM by Jim Hoft

Filed under: GDP, economic recovery
Other People's Money

Have you seen any of those shows that follow up on lottery winners? You know, the ones where the people had been down on their luck, or made repeatedly stupid decisions and then won big by getting lucky? There have also been accounts of people given those...

Published 07-21-2009 12:05 AM by Melissa Clouthier

Filed under: health care, economic recovery, government spending
Is the Recession Over?

Obama wants you to think so. And so do his top economists. In the past few weeks, it seems it has been nothing but uplifting news coming from Obama’s economists. Just today, Lawrence Summers, the director of the White House's National Economic...

Published 07-20-2009 12:05 AM by Kirsten Wright

Filed under: unemployment, stimulus, economic recovery
The Left's Scorched Earth Policies

It's amazing how quickly things can change in 178 days. Barack Obama's poll numbers are not what they once were. When Obama was inaugurated in January, he had the wind of political opinion at his back with an approval rating in the high sixties...

Published 07-17-2009 12:05 AM by Kim Priestap

Filed under: energy, wasteful spending, health care, cap and trade, economic recovery