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Four Years Later, Still Stuck In Neutral

June 7, 2013

The U.S. added 175,000 jobs in May, according to the most recent jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 149,000 added in April, but still not nearly enough to jumpstart the economy and return to normal levels of growth.

Regulation Watch

September 28, 2012

Regulations have costs, often times they are hidden, which is why some people refer to regulations as taxes by another name. Here are the most interesting stories on federal regulation policy from the last week.

Public Pulse: Wasteful Spending and the Debt

Public Pulse | May 1, 2012

According to the Economist, when asked how much excessive spending on things like the GSA Las Vegas conference contributed to the debt, 12% of adults said “not much at all”; 31% said “not very much”; 38% said “quite a bit”; and 20% said “a lot.”

GDP revised down, Fitch sounds alarm

December 22, 2011

This morning, BEA released a revised economic growth figure for the third quarter and Fitch Ratings is sounding an alarm on our debt burden.