Why the jobs aren’t coming back

Posted by Erick Erickson The Politico has an interesting story about Toyota up. It seems the company does not much care for this administration. Internal Toyota documents derided the Obama administration and Democratic Congress as “activist” and “not industry friendly,” a revelation that comes days before the giant automaker’s top executives testify on Capitol Hill […]

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The Obama Trap and the GOP

Posted by Erick Erickson That picture above is a Reuters picture from this Politico column back in September. Remember that? Democrats returned to Washington after being battered all of August over the health care plans. Barack Obama decided to rebuild their energy and so he spoke at a joint session of Congress to talk health […]

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McCotter: Obama’s Stimulus has Failed

By: Jim Meyers U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter tells Newsmax that President Obama was “contradictory” when discussing the economy during his State of the Union speech — and stated flatly that Obama’s stimulus plan has failed. The Michigan Republican, Chairman of the Republican House Policy Committee, also chastised Obama for expressing criticism of the Supreme Court […]

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Major makeover of Wall Street Challenges Capitalism

The House passed the most “ambitious restructuring” of federal financial regulations since the New Deal on Friday, this is certainly a direct hit at free world capitalism. The sprawling legislation would give the power hungry government new powers to break up companies that threaten the economy, create a new agency to oversee consumer banking transactions […]

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Pelosi Endorses ‘Global’ Tax on Stocks, Bonds, and other Financial Transactions

By Matt Cover, Staff Writer   House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrive for a press conference after House passage of the health care reform bill at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) (CNSNews.com) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) endorsed the idea of a […]

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