Category Archives: Economy

UPDATED: IRS chief: Buy health insurance or lose your tax refund

IRS chief: Buy health insurance or lose your tax refund | The Daily Caller – Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment. Individuals who don’t purchase health insurance may lose their tax refunds according to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. After acknowledging …

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$588,235 per job created. Or saved!: Weatherization program a flop

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Porkulus Follies: Weatherization program a flop. When Barack Obama signed Porkulus over a year ago, one of its signature programs promised an explosion of jobs in the construction and contracting industries thanks to federal …

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Republicans assail IRS provision in health care bill – The Hill’s On The Money

Subcommittee on Oversight ranking member Charles Boustany R-La. said the IRS provision in the bill “dangerously expands, in an ominous way the tentacles of the IRS and it's reach into every American family,” he said today during a press conference. …

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Democrats Could Not Wait For CBO Score, So They Scored It Themselves..

Hot Air » Blog Archive » What’s taking the CBO so long for its analysis? Update: $940 billion?. You see, they chose that number because it puts it just under the TRILLION dollar(s) figure that we know will be scored …

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The Queen’s Jet

This is QUEEN PELOSI’S  JET!!!  And the Democrites talk about Palin’s dresses??? Queen Pelosi wasn’t happy with the small USAF C-20B jet, Gulfstream III, that comes with the Speaker’s job … OH NO!  Queen Pelosi was aggravated that this little jet had to stop …

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Your Load Of Crap: GM blames recall on Toyota supplier

FT.com / Companies / Automobiles – GM blames recall on Toyota supplier. General Motors has blamed a supplier partly owned by Toyota for a faulty car part that led to the recall of 1.3m Chevrolet and Pontiac cars in North …

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OBAMA ADVISER: WINTER STORMS TO ‘DISTORT’ UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES

UPDATE 1-Winter storms to distort US jobless figures-Summers | Reuters. WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) – White House economic adviser Larry Summers said on Monday winter blizzards were likely to distort U.S. February jobless figures, which are due to be released …

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Must Read Of The Day: Liening on NY homeowners

Liening on NY homeowners – NYPOST.com. WOW!

Fannie and Freddie are at it again

Fannie and Freddie are at it again | The Daily Caller – Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment. – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are dating again. And word has it they’re seeing way too much of each other. Because …

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What union bosses think

Oops. An Albany cop-union boss just let the protect-and-serve mask slip.Albany Police Officers Union President Chris Mesley says that, regardless of the faltering economy, a no-raise new contract is unacceptable.And to hell with the public. via What union bosses think …

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Obama’s economic blueprint is based on rosy assumptions and political impossibilities

Ignore the Sham Budget The real action will have to be next year, after the mid-term elections. But even then, it’s not clear whether our political system can deal with the crisis of deficits and debt, or whether it will …

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A real no-spin zone: Minnesota wind turbines won’t work in cold weather

You must read this to believe it!

OBSCENE: Ford posts $2.7B profit

Ford posts $2.7B profit, first in 4 years – NYPOST.com. The automaker on Thursday also forecast a full-year profit in 2010. Earlier it had only promised to be “solidly profitable” in 2011. Ford benefited from cost-cutting, a $696 million profit …

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THRILL IS GONE

In Ohio, Obama vows to ‘never stop fighting’ PAPER: Obama’s fortunes set to deteriorate further… Bernanke under pressure; Faltering support for Fed chief… Dow Suffers Worst Week SInce Last March… Obama seen as anti-business by 77% of investors… Europe welcomes …

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Michelle Malkin » Lib talk radio flops again: Air America goes bankrupt

It is with the greatest regret, on behalf of our Board, that we must announce that Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations as of this afternoon via Michelle Malkin » Lib talk radio flops again: Air America …

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