Friday, the Commerce Department is expected to report the deficit on international trade in goods and services was $48.4 billion in January, only slightly changed from December. This trade deficit is the most significant barrier to more robust economic growth and jobs creation. The pace of economic recovery has disappointed, because the U.S. economy suffers Read more about Want More Jobs, America? Here’s how to make it happen[…]
Now that Mitt Romney is likely to be the Republican nominee, we can expect new attacks on his “vulture capitalism.” That’s how Rick Perry characterized his private equity work when he was still a GOP presidential candidate. As the campaign has unfolded, Newt Gingrich’s supporters ran an ad about Romney’s firm, Bain Capital, that said, “Their greed Read more about Greed, Capitalism and Romney[…]
Presenting hard-headed calculations on the morning after Super Tuesday, Romney advisers at their Boston headquarters made an explicit case for what their candidate is not yet prepared to say: the Republican race is over and Mitt Romney has won. “All we have to do is keep doing what we’re doing and we can get to Read more about Romney campaign: It would take ‘act of God’ for Santorum or Gingrich to win[…]
As is often the case with election days, “The Colbert Report” taped on Super Tuesday well before anyresults began to come in. But that didn’t stop Colbert from opening his show by focusing on the drama and excitement of the day’s events: “It’s like the Super Bowl of politics, if the Super Bowl was one Read more about Colbert’s Super Tuesday Party: Transvaginal Ultrasound Margaritas & Republican Salsa (VIDEO)[…]
President Obama’s Department of Energy helped finance several green energy companies that later fell into bankruptcy — but not before the firms doled out six-figure bonuses and payouts to top executives, a Center for Public Integrity and ABC News investigation found. Take, for instance, Beacon Power Corp., the second recipient of an Energy Department loan Read more about Green Firms Get Fed Cash, Give Execs Bonuses, Fail[…]
As the War on Drugs continues to spend taxpayers dollars in what seems like a never ending battle, the advocates against cannabis prohibition have grown dramatically over the last few years. Sixteen states have already voted to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate under strict regulations while another seventeen states have pending legislation related to Read more about Where’s the Debate?[…]