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• Obama: Congress 'Do the Right Thing' on Jobs Fri May 10
• Comprehensive Tax Reform Could Bring Economy Back to Life Wed Apr 10
  Donald Lambro
  No single labor statistic speaks more loudly, or more painfully, than the announcement that the Obama economy created a puny 88,000 jobs last month. ... more
• Where Have All the Workers Gone? Tue Apr 9
  Pat Buchanan
  That America created only 88,000 jobs in March, less than half the number anticipated, was jolting news, indicating the recovery that the White House has boasted about may not be at hand. ... more
• NewsBusted: Obamacare, CNN, and George W. Bush Tue Apr 9
  Virginia
  NewsBusted takes a comedic look at last week's headlines. ... more
• US Economy Adds 88K Jobs, Rate Drops to 7.6 Pct. Fri Apr 5
  Washington, D.C.
  U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. ... 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
• The Unemployment Tragedy the Media Won't Report Sat Mar 9
  Wayne Allyn Root
  It’s breathtaking how we are being lied to about unemployment specifically, and the economy in general. Just Friday we learned unemployment is down to 7.7% with the miraculous addition of over 200,000 jobs. The media was instantly celebrating great news. But is it actually great news? ... more
• Unemployment Drops to 7.7 Percent Fri Mar 8
  Katie Pavlich
• Gilded Class Warriors Thu Feb 21
  Victor Davis Hanson
  In his first term President Obama was criticized for trash-talking the one-percenters while enjoying the aristocracy of Martha's Vineyard and the nation's most exclusive golf courses. ... more
• Growing 'Output Gap' Suggests More Hard Times Ahead Fri Feb 8
  Donald Lambro
  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a gloomy report this week about the government's debt and the ailing economy. And it's worse than the Obama administration has led us to believe. ... more
• U.S. Unemployment Stays at 7.8 Percent Fri Jan 4
  America
  155,000 jobs added in December. ... more
• Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7 Percent Fri Dec 7
  Katie Pavlich
• Believe it – Employment Numbers Were Ginned Mon Oct 15
  Bruce Bialosky
  A couple weeks ago, this column analyzed the inflation rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and concluded that you should rely on your common sense when the government reports questionable statistics. ... more
• Mixed Jobs Report Shows Unemployment Down to 7.8% Fri Oct 5
  Kevin Glass
• Obama Mocks Tax Cuts Mon Sep 17
  Katie Pavlich
• Government Sector is Doing Fine: 5.1 Percent Unemployment Mon Sep 10
  Katie Pavlich
• Mr. Romney: It's Time to Take the Gloves Off Wed Aug 8
  Donald Lambro
  What will the job-starved Obama economy look like during the next few years if he were to win re-election in November? ... more
• Accepting the Unacceptable Tue Aug 7
  Rich Tucker
  It's amazing what you can get used to. Looking back a few years, the unemployment rate in April 2004 was 5.6 percent when presidential candidate John Kerry announced that then-President George W. Bush sported “the worst economic record since the Hoover administration.” ... more
• White House: Don't Pay Attention to Specifics But, Unemployment is Actually 8.254% Fri Aug 3
  Katie Pavlich
• Why “You Didn’t Build That” Won’t Go Away Tue Jul 31
  Charlotte Hays
  President Obama’s self-revealing “You didn’t build that” speech in Roanoke, Va., is turning out to be the gift that keeps on giving. The speech was delivered July 13, and the New York Times last week dubbed it “the campaign story that will not go away.” There are several reasons why this story won’t—and must not—go away. ... more
• Democrats Kicking U.S. Economy When It's Down Fri Jul 27
  Donald Lambro
  Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to raise taxes on a struggling economy at a time of rising unemployment and slowing economic growth. ... more
• Video: Soledad O'Brien Thinks Obama Should Get Credit for States with Low Unemployment, Not Governors Fri Jul 13
  Leah Barkoukis
• A Primer on Obamanomics Thu Jul 12
  Paul Greenberg
  For some four years now, Barack Obama has been telling us that the dramatic tax cuts that George W. Bush got passed in order to encourage investment, rev up the economy, create jobs, and generally let Americans keep more of their own money were really a disaster. ... more
• The Obama Way, Rich Must Pay Wed Jul 11
  Crystal Wright
  President Obama’s ego is bigger than the office of President of the United States and that’s the problem because he’s more concerned with himself than leading the country. As four-term Congressman Bobby Rush, who defended his seat against Obama in 2000 remarked in the book the Amateur, “Obama believes in Obama.” ... more
• Obama: Anti-Founders Debt-Accumulating Spendthrift (Part 1 of 2) Tue Jul 10
  Chuck Norris
  In 2007, when I began writing my New York Times best-seller "Black Belt Patriotism," unemployment was less than 5 percent; the annual federal budget was about $2.9 trillion; the federal deficit was $161 billion; and the national debt was $9 trillion. ... more

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