by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2014 | Free Markets
The economy added a paltry 74,000 jobs in December, a figure far below the gains of recent months that raised immediate questions about the strength of the economy — and whether the report was an exception to the trend. The unemployment rate dropped from 7 percent in...
by Jane Richey | Sep 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Under President Barack Obama, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today, the increase in the number of foreign-born people employed in the United States has been 52 percent greater than the increase in the number of native-born people employed. In...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
There were 988,000 discouraged workers in the United States in July, an increase of 136,000 from July 2012, according to data released today the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). “Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
A record 89,967,000 Americans were not in the labor force in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is an increase of 663,000 from the 89,304,000 Americans who were not in the labor force in February. Since President Barack Obama was first...
by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Funding for the Department of Energy increased 43.2 percent from 2002 through 2012, according to calculations based on Treasury Department data. In fiscal year 2002 (Oct. 1, 2001 – Sept. 30, 2002), outlays for the Energy Department were $17,772,000,000, according to...