The latest economic news out today is a bit of a mixed bag. Consumer spending fell 0.2% in April from March, the first decline since May 2012. Economists were expecting an increase of 0.1%. Personal income was unchanged for the month, compared to expectations of a 0.1% advance.
Heritage rightly points out that whenever Congress starts stacking a bill it simply means special interest – their friends – profit and get rich.
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As promised, here is Alex Nowrasteh from CATO, who has disputed the Heritage study on the basis of its failure to account for GDP growth as a result of immigration. And here in lays the crux of the immigration reform argument.
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Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow, Robert Rector, made an appearance at a Bipartisan Policy Center panel discussion yesterday to warn about the high cost of amnesty to American taxpayers, and respond to some of the critics that have attacked the Heritage assessment of the Senate Gang of Eight immigration reform bill.
Those who have followed my project know
Early polling, for lack of a better description, is almost always – well, wrong. Nevertheless, it is interesting to look at some of the early developments to track initial reactions to candidates in battleground states.
With all of the talk on how the GOP is over-playing their hand on the recent Obama scandals, there is little discussion on how the gun control agenda from the Democrats has backfired – and it has indeed.
Most Americans continue to see religion losing influence in America. A full 77% say that religion is losing influence, while only 20% say that religion is gaining influence.
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The Justice Department commissioned a study on
