President Obama’s election victory ensured his Affordable Care Act would remain the centerpiece of his first term in power – but that has left some business owners baulking at the extra cost Obamcare will bring. Florida based restaurant boss John Metz, who runs approximately 40 Denny’s and owns the Hurricane Grill & Wings franchise has […]
Americans are worried about the “fiscal cliff,” which is when tax cuts expire under Obama and spending cuts are set to go into effect at the end of the year. Fearing an increase in capital gains and dividend taxes under Obama, many Americans are unloading stocks, businesses and homes before the end of the year. […]
It’s traditional for Americans to threaten to move to France or Canada when their candidate loses, but this year some disappointed voters are implementing a different plan. In the wake of the Nov. 6 election, petitions seeking to secede from the union have been filed on behalf of 23 states on the White House website, https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions. Most of the petitions contain […]
Bigger and bigger government means more rules and regulations. More government means less freedom, its that simple. As of last Friday, the Obama administration has posted 165 new regulations and notifications on its reguations.gov website. In the past 90 days, it has posted 6,125 regulations and notices – an average of 68 a day, more rules […]
Obama’s administration deliberately held off implementing burdensome regulations that favored environmentalists, labor unions, and dealt with Obamacare in the month leading up to the election because they would be politically unpopular with voters. Before Obama won reelection, the backlog of regulations suggested to many industry experts that if Obama won reelection, his administration would be […]
A slim majority of Puerto Ricans sought to change their ties with the United States and become the 51st U.S. state in a non-binding referendum that would require final approval from Congress. The two-part referendum asked whether the island wanted to change its 114-year relationship with the United States. Nearly 54 percent, or 922,374 people, sought to change it, while […]
Polling places have closed in all but a few states, bringing America that much closer to knowing whether Mitt Romney or President Barack Obama will be in the White House come January. After countless stump speeches, three debates and historic levels of advertising—it’s estimated that $2.6 billion was spent in the presidential race—tens of millions of […]
This afternoon, Pew Research is out with its final poll of the 2012 campaign. It finds that Romney continues to hold the edge on voter turnout. By solid margins, Romney supporters are more engaged in the campaign, are following news of the campaign closely and are more likely to vote. It also finds that the Democrats big […]
The average American relying on federal government assistance receives more in benefits than the average American’s disposable personal income, according to The Heritage Foundation’s newly released 2012 Index of Dependence on Government. The Index reports Americans who rely on government receive an average $32,748 worth of benefits, surpassing the average American’s disposable personal income of $32,446. […]
The people who shot this video decided to conduct a social studies experiment and see what sort of reaction Israeli Flags would provoke among the students at Fordson High in Dearborn Michigan. He wasn’t disappointed. The mere sight of the flags resulted in a violent response from these “All American High Schoolers”. In his own […]
