Archive for Growth

Unemployment hasn’t actually fallen at all under Obama

Feb 09, 2012 Comments Off by

That sounds like a wild thing to say, but here is the rationale, and it’s actually quite simple:

For starters, almost the entire decline in the unemployment rate over the last year has been ephemeral. The rate is calculated by dividing the people who do …

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House Republicans look to grow American energy, repair infrastructure

Feb 03, 2012 Comments Off by

Six Reforms in the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act

This week, House Republicans formally introduced the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7), which will support American job creation by removing government barriers to long-term economic growth, particularly in the production of American-made …

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