Today, a variety of associations and employer groups sent a letter in support of the reforms to the unemployment insurance program (UI) contained in H.R. 3630, The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act.   Specifically, the letter notes that the reforms will "reduce the duration of unemployment, assist individuals in returning to work and assure program integrity," and… Read more

"America's high corporate tax rate and worldwide system of taxation — a toxic combination — discourage U.S. companies from sending their foreign-source income home, make U.S. companies vulnerable to foreign acquisition and give an advantage to our international competitors. The chairman's proposal would solve these problems." It's no secret that America is losing its competitive edge.… Read more

When Wal-Mart endorsed President Obama's health-care plan in 2009, CEO Mike Duke said it did so "to remove the burden that is crushing America's businesses and hampering our competitiveness in the global economy." That doesn't seem to be working out too well—for all Americans, and especially for Wal-Mart's employees. Last week the largest private U.S. employer announced that it would… Read more

Now that one of ObamaCare's major new benefit programs has been scrapped, liberals are trying to make stone soup by claiming that the Obama Administration merely committed an act of "good government." They claim that when this long-term care insurance program proved to be unworkable, the Administration conceded as much, and now it's gone. So let's review the evidence, not least because it… Read more

President Barack Obama’s latest jobs plan ignores the obvious: That part of the reason for the lack of investment and job growth in the nation is the uncertainty and disincentives engendered by the president’s own policies. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health-care overhaul that Obama pushed through Congress in the face of widespread and persistent public… Read more

The President recently claimed that the Obama Administration has, “cut taxes for small business 16 times since I’ve been in office.”  However, as the Washington Post’s Fact Check reveals, that claim doesn’t ring true, noting that the President has, “repeatedly proposed increased income taxes on such businesses.” The fact check highlights specific inaccuracies with the President’s… Read more

President Obama projects that his new plan for reducing the federal debt will save more than $3 trillion over the next decade by raising taxes on the wealthy and slashing spending on a host of government programs, from farm subsidies to federal worker pensions. But independent budget experts said the blueprint that Obama unveiled Monday — which White House officials say would save more… Read more

In the article and video clip below, Howard Dean admits what what the American people already know - that the Democrats' health care law will force employers to drop coverage and result in millions of Americans losing the coverage they currently have and like.   Washington Examiner Dean: Employers will drop coverage under Obamacare By Conn Carroll Former… Read more

WASHINGTON — President Obama anticipated Republican resistance to his jobs program, but he is now meeting increasing pushback from his own party. Many Congressional Democrats, smarting from the fallout over the 2009 stimulus bill, say there is little chance they will be able to support the bill as a single entity, citing an array of elements they cannot abide. “I think the American… Read more

“We said working folks deserved a break , so within one month of me taking office, we signed into law the biggest middle-class tax cut in history, putting more money into your pockets.” — President Obama, Sept. 5, 2011 The president’s Labor Day speech in Detroit featured an assertion that contained a number of warning signs that it might be an errant fact: “biggest middle-class… Read more