Print Wynton Hall Read Full Bio Payroll Tax Hike And Gas Prices Causing Pain For Lower-Income Americans Large discount retailers like Walmart, which is America’s biggest employer, are among the businesses that stand to be hit the hardest, as lower-income bargain seekers have less take-home pay in their wallets. Indeed, recently uncovered internal emails from Walmart executives revealed that February “sales are a total disaster” and mark the worst sales start of any month in seven years. 23 Feb 2013 Real Federal Spending Jumps $822.90 Per Person CNS News compiled Treasury and Census Bureau data and found that real federal spending per household also went up $2,437.36 from 2008 to 2012. 23 Feb 2013 Americans Spend $900 More A Year On Gas Under Obama On the first day of President Barack Obama’s first term, gas cost $1.84 a gallon. Today, a gallon of gas costs $3.74. 23 Feb 2013 Grassley: Questions About Lew, NYU-Citibank Deal 'Distressing' Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew says he is not sure whether, as New York University Vice President of Operations, he approved a student-loan kickback scheme that made Citibank NYU’s primary private student loan lender before he left academia to work for the big bank. 22 Feb 2013 Buzzfeed Defends Jack Lew ... perhaps the reason Jack Lew is being asked so many questions is because he has much to answer for: Such as why it was okay for him to bag a $950,000 bonus just days after Citigroup landed billions in bailout dollars from taxpayers when Obama has denounced the practice. 22 Feb 2013 Federal Reserve 'Stimulus' Likely to Continue Despite Concerns Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s end of January meeting reveal that Fed officials are split over how long to continue making $85 billion monthly bond purchases in an attempt to stimulate the U.S. economy. 22 Feb 2013 Democrats Warn of One-Hour Airport Delays If Congress Cuts Spending Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the “vast majority” of the 47,000 Federal Aviation Administration workers, including 14,740 air traffic controllers, will have a furlough day every two weeks, resulting in a 10% weekly workforce reduction. The number of planes accepted into the system will also be cut back, similar to the way the FAA does during bad weather. 22 Feb 2013 Sen. Charles Grassley: Jack Lew Testimony 'Distressing' Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) says President Obama’s Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew has been less than forthcoming throughout his confirmation. 22 Feb 2013 Obama Energy Sec. Nominee Sparks Outrage Among Environmentalists “Mr. Moniz is a known cheerleader for exploiting our reserves of natural gas using a highly controversial and polluting practice known as hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”),” says Hauter. “His appointment to the DOE could set renewable energy development back years.” 20 Feb 2013 Secret Fed Bailout Let Bank of America Off the Hook for Billions A secret bailout deal struck between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of America may have let the big bank off the hook for billions of dollars in legal claims in exchange for a mere $43 million settlement. 20 Feb 2013 Previous 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Next
Payroll Tax Hike And Gas Prices Causing Pain For Lower-Income Americans Large discount retailers like Walmart, which is America’s biggest employer, are among the businesses that stand to be hit the hardest, as lower-income bargain seekers have less take-home pay in their wallets. Indeed, recently uncovered internal emails from Walmart executives revealed that February “sales are a total disaster” and mark the worst sales start of any month in seven years. 23 Feb 2013
Real Federal Spending Jumps $822.90 Per Person CNS News compiled Treasury and Census Bureau data and found that real federal spending per household also went up $2,437.36 from 2008 to 2012. 23 Feb 2013
Americans Spend $900 More A Year On Gas Under Obama On the first day of President Barack Obama’s first term, gas cost $1.84 a gallon. Today, a gallon of gas costs $3.74. 23 Feb 2013
Grassley: Questions About Lew, NYU-Citibank Deal 'Distressing' Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew says he is not sure whether, as New York University Vice President of Operations, he approved a student-loan kickback scheme that made Citibank NYU’s primary private student loan lender before he left academia to work for the big bank. 22 Feb 2013
Buzzfeed Defends Jack Lew ... perhaps the reason Jack Lew is being asked so many questions is because he has much to answer for: Such as why it was okay for him to bag a $950,000 bonus just days after Citigroup landed billions in bailout dollars from taxpayers when Obama has denounced the practice. 22 Feb 2013
Federal Reserve 'Stimulus' Likely to Continue Despite Concerns Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s end of January meeting reveal that Fed officials are split over how long to continue making $85 billion monthly bond purchases in an attempt to stimulate the U.S. economy. 22 Feb 2013
Democrats Warn of One-Hour Airport Delays If Congress Cuts Spending Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the “vast majority” of the 47,000 Federal Aviation Administration workers, including 14,740 air traffic controllers, will have a furlough day every two weeks, resulting in a 10% weekly workforce reduction. The number of planes accepted into the system will also be cut back, similar to the way the FAA does during bad weather. 22 Feb 2013
Sen. Charles Grassley: Jack Lew Testimony 'Distressing' Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) says President Obama’s Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew has been less than forthcoming throughout his confirmation. 22 Feb 2013
Obama Energy Sec. Nominee Sparks Outrage Among Environmentalists “Mr. Moniz is a known cheerleader for exploiting our reserves of natural gas using a highly controversial and polluting practice known as hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”),” says Hauter. “His appointment to the DOE could set renewable energy development back years.” 20 Feb 2013
Secret Fed Bailout Let Bank of America Off the Hook for Billions A secret bailout deal struck between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of America may have let the big bank off the hook for billions of dollars in legal claims in exchange for a mere $43 million settlement. 20 Feb 2013