Posts Tagged ‘economy’
Grass Roots Must Unite Behind Paul Ryan
For progressives, Paul Ryan is their worst nightmare: A policy wonk who understands what they are all about, who has solutions, and who has an easy style and ability to communicate. For that very reason, they will try to destroy him. [Read More]
A New Beginning for Oregon
My fellow citizens, Oregon and House District 32 already have all the necessary ingredients for this new vision of a prosperous state. We just need to send people to Salem who really believe that Oregon can again be among the top states in the country in everything it sets [Read More]
The Magician In a re-election year, the U.S. president is making the world and all its troubles . . . vanish.
remote host "si.wsj.net" not allowedIt's an amazing feat. At home and overseas, Barack Obama has just erased three years of rough spots from the hard disc of politics. It will be more remarkable still if the Republicans, amid a war-weary public, go along with the illusion. The world, alas, may not. For [Read More]
Competing Tax Visions
remote host "image.patriotpost.us" not allowedFor the electorate, the competing tax visions provide a clear choice. As Ronald Reagan once put it, "You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down." Obama, with his wealth [Read More]
AFP Foundation Releases: Social Security Reform Through Personal Savings Accounts
Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, our sister organization, released a bold new plan to reform the nation’s troubled Social Security program. The plan would give workers the freedom to keep payroll tax contributions in a personal savings acc... [Read More]
Conservative Groups Applaud Passage of Pro-Growth Budgeting Act
This afternoon, the House of Representatives passed a bill to fill a long-time gap in the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of major legislative proposals: estimating the impact that new policies would have on the American economy in addition to e... [Read More]
White House Memos Highlight Basic Flaw in Central Planning
Recently, the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza released White House memos showing President Obama’s advisers contemplated multiple options for the original so-called stimulus package. The President’s advisers, including economists Larry Summers and Christ... [Read More]
Democrats’ Three Years Of No Budget Is All About Deception
What's more, as the Heritage Foundation's Mike Brownfield points out, taxes paid per household have exceeded $18,000, while federal spending per household has reached close to $30,000. "From 2010 to 2021, it is projected to rise to $35,773, a 22% increase," Brownfield warns. [Read More]
President Obama Forgets – Policy Reminder #3
President Obama Forgets that his latest budget proposal added trillions to the national debt. But AFP activists want to remind Obama that the nation faces an unprecedented fiscal crisis and he hasn’t done anything to fix it. In February 2011, Presi... [Read More]
President Obama Forgets – Policy Reminder #2
President Obama Forgets he said he would ease regulatory burdens on the American economy. But AFP activists want to remind the President that he continues to add thousands of pages of new regulations each year when Americans are already suffering unde... [Read More]
