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Obama Driving up Trucking Costs
President Obama will talk about the economy today at a Daimler Trucks North America facility in Mt. Holly, North Carolina. The President’s regulations on the trucking industry have been a road block to job creation. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that a majority of Americans (55 percent) believe the auto industry has a positive effect on the country. The same poll found a majority of Americans (52 percent) believe government regulation of business usually does more harm than... Continue Reading
February 29, 2012
As Opposition to Obamacare Grows, So Do Costs
According to a recent Gallup/USA Today poll: “A clear majority of registered voters call the bill's passage ‘a bad thing’ and support its repeal if a Republican wins the White House in November.” Now, Americans have another reason to oppose the President’s costly health care law. The Washington Post recently reported: “Medical costs for enrollees in the health-care law’s high-risk insurance pools are expected to more than double initial... Continue Reading
February 28, 2012
Obama Tells Auto Workers He’s with Them Today, Leaves Out Billions of Dollars of Regulations Coming in 2014 and 2017
Today, President Obama addressed the United Auto Workers to tout the $85 billion government bailout of the auto industry. The President failed to mention his Administration is mandating some of the most expensive regulations in U.S. history aimed directly at the auto industry. Final Medium and Heavy Duty Truck Rule The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation finalized in September 2011 the first ever rule regulating mileage for medium and heavy duty trucks. Beginning in... Continue Reading
February 22, 2012
Obama’s Corporate Tax Plan: Hurts Business in America
The President’s Corporate Tax Plan is reform that hurts free enterprise and entrepreneurship. The Plan proposes $250 billion in new taxes on business in America. The Plan moves drastically from the President’s promise of lowering the corporate tax rate to simply more international taxation. The United States, at 35 percent has the highest federal government corporate tax rate of any advanced industrial economy. Bundled with an average 4.2 percent average state and local combined tax... Continue Reading
February 17, 2012
The Obama Stimulus: Three Years of Failure
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” --Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address For the past three years, Washington has tried to “fix” the economy by directing funds to economic sectors the Obama Administration favors. This has not worked. It is time for the government to let the private sector create jobs without fear of tax increases or the... Continue Reading