Speaking at a White House Forum on Women and the Economy on April 6, President Obama said that earlier in his career Michelle Obama continued to work because "we didn't have the luxury for her not to work."  That was FIVE DAYS BEFORE Hilary Rosen accused stay-at-home mom Ann Romney of "never working a day in her life" and tweeting that, "most young American women HAVE to BOTH earn a… Read more

The choice is clear.  The House Republican Budget says “yes” to cutting government spending and creating jobs, while the President and Senate Democrats continue to say “no.”      ### Read more

President Obama’s FY 2013 Budget Proposal is a clear indication that he is not serious about reducing the nation’s burdensome, job-killing deficits and debt.  Failing to fulfill his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term, Obama instead proposed a fourth consecutive year of deficits greater than $1 trillion:  Deficits Under President Obama … Read more

On February 1, 2009, President Obama said when speaking on the economy, “If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”   Three years later, the results couldn’t be clearer.  The failed policies and broken promises of the President’s trillion dollar stimulus have made things worse than if he had simply done nothing at all. … Read more

In his January 24, 2012 State of the Union Address President Barack Obama spoke of the optimism of the World War II generation and noted:  “They understood they were part of something larger; that they were contributing to a story of success that every American had a chance to share – the basic American promise that if you worked hard, you could do well enough to raise a family,… Read more

Earlier this week during his State of the Union address, President Obama said, “The defining issue of our time is how to keep that [American] promise alive.” What he conveniently omitted from his speech was that his failed policies have done nothing to make it easier to achieve, or afford, success.  In fact, as the table below shows, the Obama Administration has left Americans… Read more

Despite their rhetoric, when Democrats controlled Congress they repeatedly let jobless benefits expire for our nation’s unemployed and missed deadlines to prevent reimbursement cuts to doctors treating America’s seniors.  Their actions – refusing to either pass a one-year extension of critical benefits or appoint conferees to resolve the differences between the House and Senate bills… Read more

Under the House-passed payroll tax cut bill, an American worker earning $50,000 next year is 100 percent certain to receive a $1,000 payroll tax cut.  By comparison, the legislation passed by the Senate on Saturday would grant only a $167 payroll tax cut to the same worker.  Despite Senate Democrats’ insistence that they will work to extend the payroll tax cut beyond February of… Read more

It’s important to add a little perspective to what the hospital industry is calling “major reductions” to hospitals in H.R. 3630.  Here are the facts: According to Medicare’s actuaries, the Medicare program is expected to spend $2.6 trillion on hospital services over the next decade. H.R. 3630 would reduce Medicare hospital spending by $14 billion over the next 10… Read more

A recent “infographic” released by the White House tries to assign the blame for our massive debt and deficits to former President Bush and Republican Congresses.  However, the graphic conveniently omits President Obama’s record and his plans for the fiscal future of our country.  If the President had his way and his Fiscal Year 2012 budget proposal was enacted, here is what a… Read more