Tax dollars used to lobby for higher taxes
At least seven U.S. communities that received stimulus money as part of a $373 million government program to educate Americans about obesity and tobacco use potentially violated federal law by using the funds to lobby for higher taxes and new local l...
Obamacare chaos is coming
The biggest political problem faced by so-called liberals and so-called progressives in President Obama s second term is how to prevent voters from holding them politically responsible as the public comes to realize how badly they were lied to during...
Texas wants gold back from reserves
Call it the Rick Perry gold rush: The governor wants to bring the state s gold reserves back from a New York vault to Texas. And he may have legislative support to do it. Freshman Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake, is carrying a bill that would ...
Low-income consumers hit by tax hikes
Retailers are preparing for a triple whammy as the restoration of the payroll tax, surging gas prices, and stagnant employment and wages take a bite out of consumers disposable income, leaving them with less cash to spend on clothing, groceries, and ...
America owes communists $1.2 trillion
In data released Thursday afternoon, the Federal Reserve revealed that its holdings of U.S. government debt had increased to an all-time record of $1,696,691,000,000 as of the close of business on Wednesday. The Fed's holdings of U.S. government debt...
China now biggest trading nation
China surpassed the U.S. to become the world s biggest trading nation last year as measured by the sum of exports and imports of goods, official figures from both countries show. U.S. exports and imports of goods last year totaled $3.82 trillion, the...