by Jane Richey | Jul 26, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
For every job the White House claims to have created — 7.2 million now — two more Americans were added to the nation’s food stamp program, federal statistics reveal. In January of 2009, more than 32 million Americans received help from Supplemental Nutrition...
by Jane Richey | Jul 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Economists are warning that the current drought in the Corn Belt is going to result in higher food prices. That increase will hit consumers hard, reducing discretionary spending and further weakening an already fragile economy. With every scorching day that passes,...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Three years since the recession ended, 43 states have yet to regain the jobs they lost in the downturn. The figure is a reminder of how weak the nation’s job market remains. The states that are the furthest behind in job growth are those that were hit hardest by the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent. The economy has added just 75,000 jobs a month in the April-June quarter. That’s one-third of 226,000 a month created in the first quarter. Job creation is also trailing...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment aid applications stayed at a seasonally adjusted 370,000, the same level as the previous week. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell from roughly 380,000 to 375,000. Applications for benefits...