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Happy 47th Birthday, You Old Economic Opportunity Act, You!

Forty-seven years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act that launched the War on Poverty.

Conn. Gov Dannel Malloy "I think he's an idiot" on Ron Paul's Comments about FEMA

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy went so far as to call Rep. Paul an idiot for his assertions.

The Democrat Plan: Smear and Fear

  The only way to figure that Cut, Cap and Balance would end Medicare or Social Security is to lie about Cut, Cap and Balance.  As it turns out, flat out, bald-faced lies don’t seem to be a difficult proposition for Democrats.  And if your man can’t run …

Democrats have nowhere to hide

In 2010, a number of Democrats sought to steer clear of the president to no avail. The Democratic nominee for governor in Florida, Alex Sink, ducked Obama during fundraising visits and ended up narrowly losing to Republican Rick Scott amid disappointing Democratic turnout.

Editorial: No New Jobs Means No New Growth

An onslaught of federal rules that has lifted the regulatory burden to $1.8 trillion a year. An $830 billion stimulus that has failed utterly to create new jobs.

Reform NLRB To End Its Role As A Job Killer

Just as Detroit was once synonymous with cars, Akron, Ohio, used to be the tire capital of the world and steel was a much larger part of Pittsburgh, Pa., than just its football team. Unfortunately, many of these other industries have been forced to move overseas rather than over  …

Needed: A Reagan Moment To Stop Our Decline

In fits and starts, a 4% unemployment rate has moved up to some kind of permanent 9% plateau. Following the Bush tax cuts of 2003, eight million new jobs were created. But in the aftermath of the financial meltdown those jobs have disappeared.

Krugman: Eric and Irene

A few weeks ago, Mr. Cantor was the hard man in the confrontation over the debt ceiling; he was willing to endanger America’s financial credibility, putting our whole economy at risk, in order to extract budget concessions from President Obama.

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