Jobs and Economy on Townhall

• How the Government Could Save Move-And Protect Workers Sat Mar 30
  Trey Kovacs
  In this era of sequestration, why is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) awarding millions in grants to an organization under Congressional investigation? ... more
• Black Leaders Open Fire on Obama Over Unemployment Fri Mar 29
  Donald Lambro
  Barack Obama's failed job policies are facing bitter criticism from African-American leaders who say black unemployment has grown worse under his presidency. ... more
• The Tax Revolt Is Over, Here Comes the Money Revolt Wed Mar 27
  Ralph Benko
  The breakout headliner issue in 1978 was “Tax Revolt.” A Time Magazine cover showed Howard Jarvis shaking his fist under that headline. Proposition 13 time. Then? The Tax Revolt went, as we would now say, viral. Citizen discontent — and political activism — against high tax rates turned into a national, and then international, phenomenon. ... more
• Too Big to Save Wed Mar 27
  Paul Greenberg
  Occasionally there is an opinion piece in the papers so clear in its analysis of a problem, so convincing in its argumentation, and so authoritative in its judgment that, on finishing it, a reader is tempted to just stand up and cheer. ... more
• We're Plummeting Into Bankruptcy and Congress is On Its Spring Break Wed Mar 27
  Donald Lambro
  The budget deficit will be nearly $1 trillion this year, our debt is headed toward $17 trillion, Congress's approval polls are at 13 percent, and our lawmakers are on a two-week Spring Break. ... more
• Fed. Regulator Says Obamacare Holding Back Economy Wed Mar 27
  Washington, D.C.
  Federal regulators claim that Obamacare is holding back the country from experiencing a full recovery. ... more
• Private Bank Account Raids Spread to Italy, Spain Tue Mar 26
  Katie Pavlich
• Challenge to the House GOP: Kill the Medical Device Tax, Now Tue Mar 26
  Hugh Hewitt
  Of all the many awful features of the Affordable Care Act --"Obamacare"-- the medical device tax ("MDT") is the most obviously ruinous of a particular sector of the economy. ... more
• New Census Data Show People Go Where the Money Is Mon Mar 25
  Michael Barone
  What parts of America have been growing during these years of sluggish economic growth? </P><P>Answers come from comparing the Census Bureau's just-released estimates of metropolitan area populations in July 2012 with the results of the Census conducted in 2010. ... more
• Expose and Oppose Obama's Radical Appointees Fri Mar 22
  David Limbaugh
  No matter what progress Republicans may make in electoral politics over the coming years, it will be difficult to roll back the steady march of liberalism that has taken place inside our cultural, bureaucratic and legal institutions -- from academia to regulatory agencies to the Department of Justice -- but we have to try. ... more
• Three Years Ago, Today: Democrats Ram Through Obamacare Thu Mar 21
  Guy Benson
• Fed Sees High Unemployment Into 2015 Thu Mar 21
  Washington, D.C.
  Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says unemployment will remain high into 2015, suggesting the Fed will keep short-term interest rates near record lows at least until then. ... more
• Elizabeth Warren: Why Isn’t the Minimum Wage Triple What it is Today? Wed Mar 20
  Daniel Doherty
• Meet Rep. Kevin Brady: The Six Trillion Dollar Man Wed Mar 20
  Ralph Benko
  Meet Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX): the Six Trillion Dollar Man. Brady recently took the chair of Congress’s arguably most important inner think tank, the Joint Economic Committee. From this perch Brady is proposing to provide the combination to open the lock of a safe that holds $6 trillion in potential revenues for the federal government. ... more
• Hail Columbia! Wed Mar 20
  Aaron M. Renn
  The Washington, D.C., region has long been considered recession-proof, thanks to the remorseless expansion of the federal government in good times and bad. Yet it’s only now—as D.C. positively booms while most of the country remains in economic doldrums—that the scale of Washington’s prosperity is becoming clear. ... more
• The Whole Record: Rick Scott’s Successful Pro-Growth Policies in Florida Wed Mar 20
  Ken Blackwell
  A stunning announcement out of Florida this week. The state that was exhibit A for economic disaster two years ago is now experiencing a tremendous rebound thanks to Gov. Rick Scott’s pro-growth policies. Washington should take a page – no several pages – out of Scott’s book. ... more
• Schweizer: GOP Needs To Be 'Pro-Free Market,' Not 'Pro-Business' Tue Mar 19
  Washington, D.C.
  Government Accountability Institute (GAI) president Peter Schweizer called for a lifetime ban on lobbying for members of Congress and their family members during Breitbart News Network’s “The Uninvited” panel at CPAC on Saturday. If conservatives are to be serious about reforming Washington and undercutting the permanent political class, Schweizer said members of Congress can never lobby once they leave public service. ... more
• When Republicans Oppose Tax Cuts Mon Mar 18
  Tim Phillips
  With a divided Congress and deeply partisan president in the White House, gridlock within the Beltway seems as unavoidable as their legendary traffic jams. Yet throughout the country, Republicans hold strong majorities across much of the nation. ... more
• You Won’t Believe Our Government Waste Mon Mar 18
  Armstrong Williams
  In 1996 President Bill Clinton announced, “The era of Big Government is over.” He balanced a budget by eliminating waste and inefficiency. ... more
• Ryan: Hopeful can get "down payment" on debt with budget Mon Mar 18
  Washington, D.C.
  Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., says he's hopeful Republicans and Democrats can compromise and pass a budget that at least represents a "down payment" on the national debt. ... more
• King Arthur's Court and Emperor's Clothes Thu Mar 14
  Jackie Gingrich Cushman
  As a corporate budgeter, I learned decades ago that only a few people can look at an organization's money, corporation's money or someone else's money and spend it as if it were their own money -- i.e., very deliberately, based on the priorities and values of the organization. ... more
• Threatening and Blustering Wed Mar 13
  Tim Phillips
  Today, White House tours remain closed thanks to a petulant President who insists that somebody, anybody, feel some pain over the sequester cuts that trimmed a modest 2 cents on the dollar from the $3.6 trillion federal budget. ... more
• Photo: 20,000 Pages of Obamacare Regulations Tue Mar 12
  Guy Benson
• Poll: Obama’s Approval Rating Hits “Lowest Level in More Than a Year” Tue Mar 12
  Daniel Doherty
• Republicans Must Have Vision to Help All Americans Tue Mar 12
  Rick Santorum
  Republicans don't care. Or at least that's the perception of us. President Barack Obama's convincing re-election in November despite a climate of high unemployment, stagnant economic growth and waning American influence around the globe has caused a great deal of soul-searching for the Republican Party. ... more
• Rep. Ryan, Please Follow Rand Paul's PR Model Tue Mar 12
  David Limbaugh
  There are three major factors that stand in the way of entitlement reform and the other responsible budgetary measures that must be taken to avert an eventual national financial catastrophe, and they have a common source. ... more

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