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January 18, 2013
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While President Obama prepares for his second inauguration next week, many Americans are hoping that the next four years aren’t filled with the same failed economic policies and broken promises as the last four years. As the table below shows, from unemployment to housing to debt, the country is wo...
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January 15, 2013
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Fiction “Building on the $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction he has already signed, President Obama is committed to continuing to cut our deficit….” (“White House Deficit Reduction Fact Sheet,” January 14, 2013) Fact Debt Held by the Public January 2009 $6.3 trillion January 2013 $11.6 trillion Chang...
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November 27, 2012
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Yesterday, the White House joined a chorus of leading Democrats who refuse to reform Social Security and protect benefits for future generations, claiming that it is currently “not a driver of the deficit.” Senate Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today echoed this position saying we ought to put entitlement...
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October 15, 2012
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Recently, the Congressional Budget Office reported that the country posted a deficit of $1.1 trillion in fiscal year 2012. Despite his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term, this is the fourth consecutive trillion-dollar deficit under President Obama. As the table below shows, th...
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September 24, 2012
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Today, when asked what the President’s plan was to save Social Security for future generations, top Obama advisor David Axelrod could not identify a single proposal that the President would consider, choosing instead to follow those like Vice President Biden and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wh...
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September 13, 2012
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Myth: HHS has not “gutted” welfare reform. Fact: Work requirements were at the core of welfare reform, and they have been the centerpiece of the law for 16 years. HHS now claims that work requirements are no longer mandatory, and that States can apply to HHS to opt out of the requirements. By claim...
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August 22, 2012
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Today, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Foundation issued Problems and Priorities, its quadrennial survey of problems and challenges facing small business owners. The report highlights the failure of many Obama Administration policies to address the needs of small bus...
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April 27, 2012
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Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis released the latest gross domestic product (GDP) figures. GDP growth was a disappointing 2.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, well below what is needed to create jobs and put the country on a path to real growth and prosper...
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April 24, 2012
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1 million stay-at-home moms who would rather have been working in 2009-2011 Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Survey Data on Families and Living Arrangements 1.6 million stay-at-home dads who would rather have been working in 2009-2011 Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Surv...
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April 16, 2012
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Speaking at a White House Forum on Women and the Economy on April 6, President Obama said that earlier in his career Michelle Obama continued to work because "we didn't have the luxury for her not to work." That was FIVE DAYS BEFORE Hilary Rosen accused stay-at-home mom Ann Romney of "never working ...
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