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Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 7/30/2011 Americans for Prosperity will spend $1 million to put this 30-second spot on television that contrasts the debt-limit philosophies of Barack Obama and, er … Barack Obama. When Obama was safely ensconced as a backbencher in the US Senate, raising the debt ceiling in 2006 (to $8.95 trillion) was “a sign […] July 30th, 2011 | Tags: debt ceiling, GDP, hypocrisy, leadership, President George W. Bush, Rep. Barney Frank, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Harry Reid | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Elections, Federal spending, Taxes, Video | Comments are closed
RepublicanLeader YouTube 7/29/2011 H/T The Blaze, where Meredith Jessup writes, “Boom. Winning.” CAJ note: Our readers know there has not been even so much as a budget proposal from the Democratic Senate in 821 days. In May the Senate voted down the President’s only contribution to the debate by a vote of 97-0. This […] July 29th, 2011 | Tags: "Penny Plan", Bonds, Cut Cap and Balance, debt ceiling, default, Democrats, ECRI, GDP, interest rates, Lakshman Achuthan, mileage standards, operational budget, recession, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Speaker John Boehner, U.S. Dollar | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Economy, Entitlements, Federal spending, Taxes, Treasury Department, Video | Comments are closed
Philip Klein Washington Examiner 7/29/2011 In another sign of economic weakness, the gross domestic product grew at a lower than expected 1.3 percent during the second quarter, and the already weak first quarter number was revised downward to an anemic 0.4 percent, the Commerce Department reported today. Economists, who had already been scaling back their […] July 29th, 2011 | Tags: GDP | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Commerce, Economy, Elections | Comments are closed
Kerri Shannon Business Insider 6/28/2011 The threat of a Greek default has become so real that French banks, which constitute some of the top Greek debt holders, have intensified their efforts to ease the country’s floundering finances. French lenders, along with their government, have suggested a debt rollover program, the first private-sector proposal to help […] June 29th, 2011 | Tags: French Treasury bonds, GDP, Greece | Category: Banking and finance, France | Comments are closed
Jeff Poor The Daily Caller 4/29/2011 The year was 1978. The Bee Gees were the nation’s top pop group. Bell bottoms were en vogue. And the country was mired in an economic malaise, with so-called stagflation as a symptom. And although Justin Bieber and hoodies have replaced the trends of the 1970s, the American economy […] April 29th, 2011 | Tags: 1970s, Ben Bernanke, GDP, Inflation, Larry Kudlow, stagflation | Category: Banking and finance, Economy, Federal Reserve, Federal spending | Comments are closed
Joe Weisenthal Business Insider 4/28/2011 Things were looking neutral in the early going, but more bad economic data has sent markets lower. GDP came in at a weak 1.8%, and jobless claims surged to a level above 400K for the third weak in a row. This is on top of several signs the economy is […] April 28th, 2011 | Tags: GDP, Wal-Mart | Category: Economy, unemployment, United States | Comments are closed
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