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December 12, 2012 New Surveys Confirm the President’s Tax Hikes Will Hurt Main Street Job Creators and Workers

As the President continues to call for well over $1 trillion in new taxes, including higher tax rates for small…

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December 11, 2012 With the Jobs Situation This Bad, Is Now Really the Time to Raise Taxes?

Last week, a New York Times editorial noted that, despite November’s job gains, the employment situation in the U.S. is…

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December 07, 2012 Putting November’s Jobs and Unemployment Numbers in Perspective

Today’s report from the Department of Labor shows that a net total of 146,000 jobs were created and the unemployment…

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November 09, 2012 Congressional Democrats Say Loss of Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs is Only a “Miniscule Effect” of Tax Hikes

On November 8, Congressional Democrats suggested that allowing taxes to rise on small businesses would “have only a miniscule effect…

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November 02, 2012 10 Key Facts on Jobs and Unemployment

1. Almost 4 Million Fewer Jobs than Projected: In January 2009, the Obama Administration forecast there would be 137.6 million…

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October 11, 2012 Before and After: Jobs Down, Poverty and Government Dependence Up During the Obama Administration

   Before Obama*  After Obama**  Change Jobs (Payroll Employment)  136.8 million  133.5 million (9/2012)  – 3.3 million Not in Labor…

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October 10, 2012 Obama’s Lost Decades – At the Current Pace, “Jobs Gap Will Not Close Until After 2025”

Last week’s jobs report showed that the Obama Administration’s failed economic policies resulted in the addition of just 114,000 net…

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October 05, 2012 10 Key Facts on Jobs and Unemployment

1. 4.1 Million Fewer Jobs than Projected: In January 2009 the Obama Administration forecast there would be 137.6 million jobs…

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October 04, 2012 This Is a Recovery? Since August 2009 Average Drop in Labor Force Is 21,000 People a Month

If it wasn’t bad enough that the Obama Administration has been unable to create a climate conducive to job creation,…

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September 28, 2012 Worst Recovery since Great Depression Continues

President Obama’s economic adviser, Alan Krueger, noted on September 27, 2012 that “total employment likely grew by 386,000 more jobs…

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