ALG's Daily Grind - Thomas Perez: Too Radical for Labor

May 7, 2013

Thomas Perez: Too Radical for Labor

In his capacity at the Justice Department, Thomas Perez tried to force the New York Fire Department to hire applicants who failed the written exam because he didn't like the racial composition of those who passed.

Cartoon: Cinco de Blameo

Obama's blame tour continues.

Establishment Beware: Lessons From the UK Elections

UK Independents surge to 23 percent of popular vote in British local elections, promise to challenge Tories and Labour in 2015. Is this a warning from across the pond to Republicans?

Woodhill: The Real Story Behind Friday's Unimpressive Unemployment Rate Decline

Trouble: "The number of people with full-time jobs fell by 212,000, while 382,000 Americans took part-time jobs, thus producing the reported 170,000 gain in total employment (which includes everyone who worked at all)."

ALG's Daily Grind - Neither Medicaid nor Head Start Work

May 6, 2013

Neither Medicaid nor Head Start Work

The effectiveness of both Medicaid and Head Start, two bulwarks of the left's belief that massive government spending could make a difference in the lives of the poor have been exposed as ineffective.

A Brave New World

Central banks are printing money to buy… stocks?!

Free Market Energy Policies can End Economic Malaise

Forty years ago, President Nixon announced "Project Independence," in response to the 1973 oil cutoff by Middle East and other OPEC nations, with the goal of ensuring that "Americans will not have to rely on any source of energy beyond our own." We're still nowhere close.

Washington Times: Silencing Internet Radio

"Washington, D.C., is a coin-operated world where lobbyists insert their nickels and politicians sing their song. Nobody is more in tune with the game than the music industry."

ALG's Daily Grind - Behind the Unemployment Headlines

May 3, 2013

Behind the Unemployment Headlines

if the Labor Participation Rate had remained steady throughout the Obama years, a full 161 million Americans would be in the workforce and the unemployment rate would be at 10.8 percent. 

Cartoon: Still Finding out What's in it

Obamacare poll finds 42 percent of Americans don't know it's the law.

Labor Force Participation: An Historical Perspective

Continued declines in labor force participation are an indicator of continued weakness in the overall economy.

Daily Currant: Bloomberg Refused Second Slice of Pizza at Local Restaurant

Brooklyn pizzeria owner Antonio Benito to the health nut mayor: "We've decided that eating more than one piece isn't healthy for you, and so we're forbidding you from doing it."

ALG - Threat of Obamacare continues to hurt job creation

May 3, 2013, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement on the latest job numbers:

"There is little that can be learned about the direction of the economy from the tepid April unemployment report.  The modest job growth combined with the lowest labor participation rate since 1981 may be the new normal under Obama policies that punish job creation.  The good news is that in spite of these government headwinds exemplified by Obamacare's costly penalties on hiring, the number of private sector jobs increased by 176,000 while economic growth sucking government jobs decreased by11,000.  The significant increase in temporary services hiring in the private sector shows that demand for labor is increasing, but employer uncertainty about the long term prospects of the economy are impinging a commitment to growth.

"With bi-partisan agreement in Congress that the upcoming Obamacare law is likely to be a 'train wreck' at a minimum, they should delay it's  implementation for a two year period to provide more certainty for job creators that will allow them to move forward with plans for additional full time hiring."

To view online: http://getliberty.org/threat-of-obamacare-continues-to-hurt-job-creation/

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ALG's Daily Grind - Obama Taps Mel Watt for Fannie, Freddie to Push Mortgage Principal Reductions

May 2, 2013

Obama Taps Mel Watt for Fannie, Freddie to Push Mortgage Principal Reductions

If confirmed by the Senate, the $5 trillion housing finance agency under Rep. Mel Watt would push for mortgage principal reductions that almost nobody would qualify for except the privileged few.

Al 'Biden' Gore's Hollywood Reveal

Joe Biden must have dressed up in his best Al Gore, Jr. suit for a Beverly Hills global warming pep rally, as the man who "invented the Internet" bemoaned that a modern day Thomas Paine would struggle to get his pamphlet "Common Sense" to the masses today due to the high cost of television airtime.

A Bridge Too Far… From Common Sense

How can it take government two years to replace a 14-foot bridge?

Bloomberg.com: Central Banks Load Up on Equities

They're printing money to buy stocks?!