Obama’s Amerika: 1 In 6 Men Between Ages 25-54 Are Not Working

Excerpted from WEEKLY STANDARD: Startling charts from the Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee about male participation in the labor force, particularly men between the ages of 25-54: "There are currently 61.1 million American men in their prime working years, age 25–54. A staggering 1 in 8 such men are not in the labor force at ...

Enjoy The Bill Taxpayers: Costs For Obama Trips Top $44m, Over $10m Alone In Africa

Excerpted from WASHINGTON EXAMINER: The still-evolving “official” tab for the Obama family vacation to Africa in 2013 has reached $10.3 million, with the government coughing up official new expense details of over $2 million, according to a government watchdog group. Judicial Watch Inc. on Thursday revealed that the Department of Homeland Security provided new documents detailing ...

Hope & Change – Gas Price Record Worsens: 1,245 Days Above $3 A Gallon

Excerpted from CNS NEWS: Memorial Day weekend drivers will continue to take a hit as gasoline prices remain high. May 20 marks the 1,245th straight day that the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline costs more than $3 a gallon, according to AAA data. That's nearly three-and-a-half years above $3 a gallon. USA Today reported ...

Obama’s Amerika – Poll: 47% Of The Unemployed Have ‘Completely Given Up’ Looking For A Job

Excerpted from THE WEEKLY STANDARD: A new poll suggests that finding employment, particularly for the long-term unemployed, continues to be a struggle for Americans. The poll, conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Express Employment Professionals, asked questions of 1,500 unemployed adult Americans last month. “This survey shows that millions of Americans are at risk of ...

Obama’s Amerika: Record 10,996,447 Americans On Disability

(CNSNews.com) - The total number of disability beneficiaries in the United States rose from 10,981,423 in March to 10,996,447 in April, setting a new all-time record, according to newly released data from the Social Security Administration. The number of Americans receiving disability benefits continues to exceed the populations of Greece, Tunisia and Portugal, and is approaching ...

Democrat Governors Have Enacted Over $58 Billion In Tax Increases Since 2011

Excerpted from FREE BEACON: Americans for Tax Reform compiled a list of all the state tax increases put into place under Democratic governors since 2011. See The List Here The group found that Democratic governors have enacted over $58 billion worth of tax increases while Republican governors have signed over $36 billion in tax cuts during the ...

Welcome To Obama’s Amerika: 58 Million Working-Age People… Not Working

Excerpted from FREE BEACON: Despite adding more than 8 million people to the working-age population since 2007, total employment has declined by half a million, according to an analysis by the Senate Budget Committee. Before President Barack Obama took office 259.7 million people were part of the working-age population, or between ages 16 and 65. ...

92,594,000: Americans Not in Labor Force Hits All-Time Record

(CNSNews.com) - A record 92,594,000 Americans were not in the labor force in April as the labor force participation rate matched a 36-year low of 62.8 percent, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In March, according to BLS's non-seasonally adjusted data, there were 91,630,000 Americans not in the labor force. In ...

Thanks To Democrats, U.S. Regulatory Costs Are World’s No. 10 Economy

We would all be richer if it weren't for these regulations...that's what Dems do, always: make Americans poorer. Excerpted from Investors Business Daily: After years of rapid growth during the Obama administration, the cost of federal regulations is now bigger than the entire economies of all but nine countries in the world. That's according to the latest ...

Men Who Work Full-Time Earn Less Than 40 Years Ago

(CNSNews.com) - The real median income of American men who work full-time, year-round peaked forty years ago in 1973, according to data published by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 1973, median earnings for men who worked full-time, year-round were $51,670 in inflation-adjusted 2012 dollars. The median earnings of men who work full-time year-round have never been ...

BLS: 20% Of American Families Have No One Employed

(CNSNews.com) - In 20 percent of American families in 2013, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), not one member of the family worked. A family, as defined by the BLS, is a group of two or more people who live together and who are related by birth, adoption or marriage. ...

Obama’s War On America: Michelle Gets Resume From Girl With Jobless Dad

Michelle Obama hugs Charlotte Bell, 10, after she handed Mrs. Obama her dad's resume. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama's annual question-and-answer session with the children of Executive Office employees took a serious turn Thursday when a 10-year-old girl in the front row told the first lady that her dad had been out of work for three ...

Obama’s Amerika: The Middle Class No Longer The World’s Richest

Excerpted from NY TIMES: The American middle class, long the most affluent in the world, has lost that distinction. While the wealthiest Americans are outpacing many of their global peers, a New York Times analysis shows that across the lower- and middle-income tiers, citizens of other advanced countries have received considerably larger raises over the last ...

Obama’s Amerika: The Takers Outnumber The Workers… 86M Full-Time Makers To 148M Takers

Excerpted from CNS NEWS: Buried deep on the website of the U.S. Census Bureau is a number every American citizen, and especially those entrusted with public office, should know. It is 86,429,000. That is the number of Americans who in 2012 got up every morning and went to work — in the private sector — and ...

Beef, Pork And Shrimp Prices Soar To Record Highs

Excerpted from Zero Hedge: We previously noted that both beef and pork (courtesy of the affectionately named Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus) prices have been reaching new all time highs on an almost daily basis. It is time to update the chart. Below we show what a world in which the Fed is constantly lamenting the ...