Fiction “Building on the $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction he has already signed, President Obama is committed to continuing to cut our deficit….” (“White House Deficit Reduction Fact Sheet,” ...
Yesterday, the White House joined a chorus of leading Democrats who refuse to reform Social Security and protect benefits for future generations, claiming that it is currently “not a driver of the deficit.” Senate Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) ...
Recently, the Congressional Budget Office reported that the country posted a deficit of $1.1 trillion in fiscal year 2012. Despite his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term, this is ...
Today, when asked what the President’s plan was to save Social Security for future generations, top Obama advisor David Axelrod could not identify a single proposal that the President would consider, choosing instead to follow those like
Myth: HHS has not “gutted” welfare reform.Fact: Work requirements were at the core of welfare ...
Today, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Foundation issued Problems and Priorities, its quadrennial survey of problems and challenges facing small business ...
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis released the latest gross domestic product (GDP) figures. GDP growth was a disappointing 2.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, well below what is needed to create jobs and put the ...
1 million stay-at-home moms who would rather have been working in 2009-2011 Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population ...
Speaking at a White House Forum on Women and the Economy on April 6, President Obama said that earlier in his career Michelle Obama continued to work because "we didn't have the luxury for her not to work." That was ...
The choice is clear. The House Republican Budget says “yes” to cutting government spending and creating jobs, while the President and Senate Democrats continue to say “no.”