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September 2012
Family incomes worse under Obama than during recession
“New figures from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, compiled by Sentier Research, show that the typical American household’s real (inflation-adjusted) income has actually dropped 5.7 percent during the Obama ‘recovery,’” The Weekly Standard reports. “Using constant 2012 dollars (to adjust for inflation), the median annual income of American households was $53,718 as of June […]
Read more67% of job creators say they will not hire under Obama
“Fifty-five percent of small business owners and manufacturers would not have started their businesses in today’s economy, according to a new poll,” The Washington Examiner’s Joel Gehrke writes. The survey of job creators, conducted by the National Association of Manufacturers and the National Federation of Independent Businesses, also finds: 67 percent say there is too […]
Read moreAmericans agree with Libertarians: Too many regulations on employers
• 47 percent of Americans say there is “too much” government regulation of business and industry. • 77 percent of Republicans, 25 percent of Democrats and 46 percent of independents agree. • 26 percent say there is “too little” regulation of business and industry. • 9 percent of Republicans, 42 percent of Democrats and 24 […]
Read moreStudents ‘just say no’ to White House-controlled school lunches
Students across the nation are speaking out against school lunch mandates handed down by the Obama White House that leave them with less food to eat at a higher price. “In Wisconsin, high school athletes are complaining about not getting enough to eat each day, due to the skimpy new school lunch menu mandated by […]
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