By Thomas Sowell,National Review Obama’s economic sedative Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has,if you called the tail a leg? When the audience said “five,” Lincoln corrected them,saying that the answer was four. “The fact that you call a tail a leg does [...] Reuters Obama and his team are trying to convince the public… evidently the evidence contradicts them Obama and Vice President Joe Biden launched a sweeping effort to convince skeptical Americans that the stimulus has been beneficial on the one-year anniversary of a plan that was pushed through the U.S. Congress by Democratic [...] By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,Cagle Cartoons Obama’s second stimulus will be as ineffective as the first The one-year anniversary of the inauguration of Barack Obama is upon us. After only 12 months he is struggling for political survival. The cause is his economic policies. The anniversary is a bitter [...] By Alexander Bolton,The Hill Obama gives $6 Million to Clintons former pollster Nearly $6 million in stimulus money was paid to two firms run by Mark Penn,Hillary Clinton’s pollster in 2008. Federal records show that $5.97 million from the $787 billion stimulus helped preserve three jobs [...] by FOXNews Barack Obama says the real focus is jobs;well where exactly are they? President Obama brushed off criticism over his administration’s inaccurate reporting on job creation Wednesday,telling Fox News the accounting is an "inexact science"and that any errors are a "side issue"when compared with the goal [...] By Bill McMorris,Franklin Center for Public Integrity The Stimulus is so great it is saving jobs for people who don’t even exist Just how big is the stimulus package? Well for one,it has doubled the size of the House of Representatives,according to recovery.gov,which says that funds were [...] By EAMON JAVERS,Politico Politico compiled a list of Obama’s ten worst (and “best”) moves Across Washington,political pros are quietly putting together their report cards on the first year of the Obama presidency. On some issues – like Obama’s diplomatic overtures to Iran – it’s too early [...] By SUSAN FERRECHIO,Washington Examiner $30 million for a spring training facility is certainly a questionable project The $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went: - $300,000 for a [...] By Edward Lazear,Wall Street Journal Maybe we should look at unemployment rather than bogus “jobs saved” claims With the news that GDP grew at 3.5% in the third quarter,it seems apparent that economic recovery is underway. How much of this was a result of government programs? To evaluate [...] Fox News Democrats quietly push more stimulus packages,cause they know the first one hasn’t worked Confronted with big job losses and no sign the U.S. economy is ready to stand on its own,Democrats are working on a growing list of relief efforts,leaving for later how to pay [...] | |
