An ad from the conservative Americans for Prosperity distorts the truth about stimulus money for “green jobs” going overseas. The ad, titled “Wasteful Spending,” introduces some new wrinkles to this well-used line of attack.... Read more»
An Obama campaign film casts the president, not surprisingly, in the best light, but the video lacks context and takes liberties with some facts on health care and the auto bailout.... Read more»
One success the Obama administration can claim is the rebirth of the electric car industry in the United States. The question: Will it last?... Read more»
President Barack Obama made a couple of questionable claims during a recent interview with Steve Kroft of CBS’ “60 Minutes.”... Read more»
The Senate has passed and sent to the president a bill that should end years of confusion over which federal agency has jurisdiction over the C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir in Coconino County.... Read more»
President Obama exaggerated when defending his administration’s approval of a $535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra, a now-defunct solar company.... Read more»
State legislators looking to spur job creation should reject federal stimulus efforts as a model.... Read more»
Given the fact that large, sweeping statistics aren’t the best gauge of how much credit (or criticism) to give to a politician, ProPublica runs through the various programs Obama created to help the economy, looking at whether they worked and where you can find the best reading on them.... Read more»
The federal stimulus package passed in 2009 was either a deficit-busting failure full of wasteful projects or an unparalleled rescue that would have been more successful if it had only been bigger.... Read more»
Most businesses don’t make big investments or ramp up hiring when they see a substantial risk of the economy tanking. Right now the failure to increase the federal debt limit is creating such a risk and that may well be why the economy is starting to drag.... Read more»
The City of Tucson is seeking 100 additional applications from homeowners for energy efficiency retrofits.... Read more»
At least 3,700 Recovery Act recipients owe more than $750 million in taxes, despite receiving a $24 billion handout from the federal government. An analysis by the Government Accountability Office found that almost 5 percent of the 80,000 Recovery Act recipients had significant tax debt.... Read more»
The administration has been on a PR offensive in recent months to tell the good news about the TARP. In fact, many of its investments have turned a profit, and some of its most infamous bailouts — such as the rescue of AIG — won’t end up being the tax dollar black holes they once seemed sure to be. But the true picture isn’t so rosy.... Read more»
The bad news for Fox News viewers is that merely watching the channel appears to be toxic. Daily watchers of Fox News believed the most misinformation of anyone. “Fox displays a particular pattern of misinformation. The more you watch the more inaccurate your views.” ... Read more»2
Gov. Jan Brewer found that a good way to save 1/10th of 1% of our deficit, approximately $1.4 million, is to remove poor people from the lists of those who are waiting for organ transplants.... Read more»
Smart v. Stupid: In many ways, the Pledge to America is a written version of what we’ve already heard. Republicans promise to stop healthcare, stop regulation of business, stop collecting taxes, stop old people from retiring, and stop any attempt to stop favoring the rich.... Read more»1
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