by Jane Richey | Nov 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Obama II: In the “now they tell us” file, add a vast array of reports that have come out since the election showing just how weak the economy really is. Looks like the president will need a new scapegoat soon. Here’s just a sampling of what...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
In a sign that the employment picture remains weak, 4.4 million people reported being permanently out of work in July, according to government figures. That number has remained abnormally high since the recession ended three years ago. While the total number of...
by Jane Richey | Feb 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The CBO writes that America’s unemployment rate has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making this the longest stretch of high unemployment since the Great Depression. To make matters worse, unemployment will remain above 8 percent until 2014. And the level of...