Milk Prices And Politics …
CANDIDATES BETTER KNOW THEIR DAIRY … The price of a gallon of whole milk dropped from $3.73 in May to $3.63 in June, data from...
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Poor Getting Poorer
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Earlier this week we ran a post highlighting the extent to which middle class America has been gutted by big government and Washington D.C.’s anti-competitive...
Jobs Report: More Middling
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ECONOMY BEATS EXPECTATIONS ON QUANTITY … BUT WHITHER QUALITY? The U.S. economy created 175,000 jobs in February, according to the federal government’s data – a...
Jeff Duncan Assails Obama Jobs Record
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“NOT A STRONG RECOVERY” U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan isn’t having any of the “recovery” spin coming out of Barack Obama’s White House. In response to...
US Jobs Report: Employment Sputters, Workforce Shrinks
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The U.S. economy created only 74,000 jobs in December, according to the government’s statistics – a shockingly low number in light of a recent private...
Mehrens: Happy Days Are Here Again?
by Letters
Even with winter storms sweeping across the nation the economic news from Washington D.C. is coming up roses, with the U.S. economy creating more than...
ALG: Congress Must Investigate Alleged Labor Data Manipulation
Nov. 19, 2013, Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Nathan Mehrens today issued the following statement urging Rep. John Kline, chairman of the...
Report: Jobs Data Manipulated To Benefit Obama
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A shocking report in The New York Post accuses employees at the U.S. Census Bureau – which conducts monthly unemployment surveys for the government’s widely...
August Jobs Report: Labor Force Shrinks
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The U.S. economy added 169,000 jobs in August – below projections but enough to drop the nation’s official unemployment rate from 7.4 to 7.3 percent....
U.S. Unemployment Rate Inches Up
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LABOR FORCE EXPANDS MODESTLY IN OCTOBER The American economy created 171,000 jobs in October but the nation’s unemployment rate edged up from 7.8 percent to...