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Why Individual Investors Lag Returns

Austin Capital — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:10:03 GMT

Investors can find good funds and enjoy solid returns for a long time but other times, investors have a poor experience, even in a fund with great returns.

Cash Balance Plans -- Profit Sharing on Steroids?

Charles Leggette — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:02:44 GMT

Cash balance plans are receiving a lot of press these days as business owners, professionals and their advisors seek safe and deductible exit strategies and strategic retirement planning.

Market Commentary - The Ten Surprises of 2013

Blackstone Group — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:03:17 GMT

Blackstone is pleased to offer the following Market Commentary by Byron Wien which shares his thinking on global economic developments, market insights and other factors that may influence investment opportunities and strategies.

U.S. Chamber Releases Annual List of 2012 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits

U.S. Daily Journal — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:58:40 GMT

Intoxicated Driver Suing Deceased Victim Tops List in Poll Spotlighting Most Outrageous Abuses of Legal System

What's the Mayan Word for "Cliff?"

U.S. Daily Journal — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:05:43 GMT

(Rich Galen) - Boy, I'm good. I finished Wednesday's column with : "Plan B might not pass, but Plan C or D, or Q will find its way to the floors of the two Chambers before December 31 and will pass."

Why Chuck Hagel shouldn't be Secretary of Defense

U.S. Daily Journal — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:02:34 GMT

(Tom Cotton) - Chuck Hagel, who is reportedly on the White House’s shortlist of nominees for secretary of defense, served our country admirably in Vietnam. But he is not the right person for the Pentagon.

Market Commentary(2)

Blackstone Group — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:41:14 GMT

Market Commentary

Blackstone Group — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:40:37 GMT

Stop Arguing About Revenue, Start Promoting Growth

Chuck Muth — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:39:53 GMT

As the political and media classes ponder the fiscal cliff, many are tempted to pigeonhole conservatives into a box that says they are either against all types of tax revenue or open to all types of tax hikes. That is a completely false choice.

U.S. businesses seek a more competitive economy

David Park — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:25:03 GMT

They say taxes and regulations put them at a disadvantage globally.

Let Oil and Gas Drive the Economy

Robert Luddy — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:42:52 GMT

In the midst of a struggling economic recovery, one of the nation's smallest states is leading America's expansion—so much so that jobs outnumber the workers.

Poll: Biz owners down on Obama

JCA Staff — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:14:52 GMT

Business owners resoundingly oppose President Barack Obama’s policies, with nearly 60 percent disapproving of his job performance, according to a Gallup Poll released Thursday.

Businesses are people, and we’re the solution, not the problem

Michael Leven — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:14:19 GMT

Lately, it seems that the only form of acceptable hate speech left in America is hostile invective heaped upon entrepreunuers and innovators by a vocal minority of pundits, and increasingly, political leaders who should know better. At the core of the great American experiment is the fundamental belief that the freedom to create and build businesses serves us all.

One in 10 employers to drop health coverage

John Goodman — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:15:18 GMT

Around one in 10 employers in the U.S. plans to drop health coverage for workers in the next few years as the bulk of the federal health-care law begins, and more indicated they may do so over time, according to a study to be released Tuesday by consulting company Deloitte.

Community Colleges Prepare the Next Generation of Workers

David Park — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:54:37 GMT

Over the last several decades, the U.S. education system has fallen from among the best in the world to one of the worst among industrialized countries. The next generation of American workers lacks the preparation to step into the jobs of today in an increasingly global marketplace.

For the U.S. economy the news is bad and worse

John Goodman — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:12:53 GMT

Even the editor emeritus at U.S. News & World Report isn't buying the spin.

Small Business Optimism Falls: How We Can Turn It Around

David Park — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:28:25 GMT

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Index of Small Business Optimism fell three points to 91.4 in June, which was below the May level of 94.4 and the consensus expectation of 93.3. These declines were broad-based, as all but one of the components declined from their May levels.

Obama's small business push

JCA Staff — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:16:16 GMT

President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered a series of modest steps aimed at helping small businesses, his latest election-year effort to counter Republican attacks on his economic record and show voters he is trying to tackle high unemployment.

Another sluggish U.S. employment report

David Park — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:54:21 GMT

The June employment report is a clean reading of where labor market conditions stand at this point in the recovery, and shows why we need serious health care, educational, energy and lending reform.

Small businesses aren't encouraged by June's jobs report

Ronald Lazof — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:38:49 GMT

The month of June has not been kind to the U.S. economy. A series of discouraging reports, including this week's troubling manufacturing numbers, were a harbinger for a today's disappointing jobs report, indicating that a full economic recovery is far from over.

JCA leaders react to June's meager jobs report

JCA Staff — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:17:16 GMT

Job Creators Alliance members John Kane, Bob Luddy, and Billie Redmond expressed disappointment today, reacting to the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for the month of June.

ObamaCare law contains 20 new or higher taxes on families, small businesses

Warren Stephens — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:40:02 GMT

Our friends at Americans for Tax Reform have a handy, comprehensive list of all 20 new or higher taxes wrought by ObamaCare.

Supreme Court healthcare ruling dooms small businesses

John Allison — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:37:57 GMT

Not only is the need for real reform of America's unwieldy healthcare system more urgent than ever, but also there are now far more concerns about the prospect for economic growth.

Government healthcare takeover is not the answer

Tom Stemberg — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:38:41 GMT

There are patient-centered solutions that could contain costs and increase access to health insurance without discouraging economic growth.

Job Creators Alliance reacts to Supreme Court ruling on Affordable Care Act

Tom Stemberg — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:31:24 GMT

The Supreme Court of the United States has dealt a critical blow to free enterprise. By upholding the mandate as a tax, the Court and this Administration has ensured that taxes will go up for middle class working families and small businesses everywhere.

Energy abundance is no accident

John Goodman — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:49:31 GMT

America's low-cost-energy blessing has not been an accident -- U.S. public policies have largely stayed out of the way, and shrewd American entrepreneurs have proven up to the task.

SCOTUS ObamaCare ruling open thread

JCA Staff — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:28:51 GMT

Come join our discussion here or in our forums as we await the Supreme Court's decision this morning on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare.) Watch this space for the latest updates.

Update: CNN reports mandate struck down … developing …

Update: AP reports mandate upheld as a tax, but clearly there is a lot of confusion on this point.

Update: SCOTUSblog reports that Roberts says mandate is constitutional.

Update: The court upheld the mandate as a tax, notas part of a Commerce Clause jurisdiction. They narrowed the Medicaidexpansion, but it looks like the bill will survive mainly intact. CNN may be the biggest loser today.

Update: The court reinforces that individuals can simply refuse to pay the tax and not comply with the mandate.

Bill aims to change how BLS reports unemployment

John Goodman — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:27:20 GMT

Damon Root at Reason.com looks at how one Congressman is trying to change how unemployment is measured so that it reflects reality, not partisan wishful thinking.

More than 700,000 missed jobs and counting

Engage America — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:32:06 GMT

Engage America has created an online calculator, the “Missed Jobs Report," that aggregates stories about jobs that were lost or not created due to government overregulation. So far they've found 700,000.

Why every school in America should teach entrepreneurship

Michael Holthouse — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:27:15 GMT

"... I’ve seen only one thing consistently bring children raised in poverty into the middle class: entrepreneurship education."

Lending reform is a key to strengthening job creation

David Park — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:54:07 GMT

The latest employment report suggests that the labor market recovery has lost significant steam, and prior mediocre job gains are not anomalies but trends.

Small businesses are key to the economy, not big government

Billie Redmond — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:37:17 GMT

In a public address last week, President Barack Obama stated that "the private sector is doing fine." Doing fine? That might be news to the 3.3 million "missing workers."

The genesis of ObamaCare

John Goodman — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:41:12 GMT

How a Pfizer CEO and Big Pharma colluded with the White House at the public’s expense.

Taxation goes global

Richard Rahn — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:31:35 GMT

Rising numbers of politically powerful persons and institutions arecalling for global taxes on such things as financial transactions, tobacco, sugar and carbon emissions.

Fundamentals of entrepreneurship are learned young

Robert Luddy — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:58:28 GMT

You can't build the next great technology company or design firm if you don't know the basics of how to start and run a business.

In New York, Hispanic business owners must prove their ethnicity

JCA Staff — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:09:29 GMT

NPR looks into the vague and often contradictory rules for determining who is Hispanic, and why it matters.

The employment crisis for younger workers

John Goodman — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:49:46 GMT

If assistance must be offered to aspecific classification of workers, it is the youngest who are most in need.

How to improve life for American workers

John Stossel — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:34:38 GMT

Advocates of "kind" central planning overlook the gradual, piece meal improvement that markets make. Focused on government's promise of once-and-for-all solutions, people miss how free markets gradually help humanity solve problems.

Corporate welfare vs. entrepreneurship

Chris Edwards — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:44:01 GMT

I testified today to PaulRyan’s House Budget Committee regarding corporate cronyism and theopposite policy of free-market entrepreneurship. Here’s some of my written testimony.

Why small businesses aren't using the health insurance tax credit

John Goodman — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:44:18 GMT

Only a small minority of companies thought to be eligible for the SmallBusiness Health Care Tax Credit made use of it in fiscal 2011, accordingto a report released by the Small Business Majority and Families USA.The immediate question then becomes, why would these businesses voluntarily forgo a tax provision meant to help them?

Out-of-Control EPA Is Hurting the Economy

Steve Zelnak — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:45:26 GMT

Our energy policy is one of the biggest impediments for businesses, and very little coming out of Washington makes sense.

Long hot summer ahead

Matt McDonald — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:46:38 GMT

The U.S. economy added just 69,000 jobs in May, continuing a downward trend since winter that is leaving the strength of the job market in serious doubt.

Part 7: The perverse incentives of taxes

Eamonn Butler — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:46:47 GMT

Taxes on these things have the economically and morally debilitating effect of promoting idleness and indebtedness – which may explain some of our present predicament.

ADP report indicates a job market in need of reform

Brad Anderson — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:24:17 GMT

Tomorrow is jobs day, but one early indicator of the direction the government employment report will take is the monthly analysis from ADP. Today’s ADP report hints at a continued tepid job market, and the need for JCA's fiscal policy recommendations.

Creating conditions for small business to thrive

Susan Story — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:09:40 GMT

Crucial to job creation is creating a business environment that supports small businesses, the main driver of job creation. Stacey Lawson of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology lays out a good roadmap to start us on the way to a better economy with opportunities for all.

Small-business owners need more than a week | Job creators call for action

Michael Whalen — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:16:10 GMT

Over my nearly 35-year career leading Heart of America Group and with Job Creators Alliance (JCA), I’ve had the good fortune of working with many entrepreneurs and small-business owners.

Another look at unemployment shows it's worse than you think

Tom Stemberg — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:46:40 GMT

The chart that follows shows why there's an illusion that unemployment is falling when in fact it's only going down because of people dropping out of the workforce.

The green energy agenda isn't delivering on jobs

John Goodman — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:23:08 GMT

Government officials have invested millions in taxpayer money in renewable energy providers, claiming to be providing the jobs of tomorrow. However, such promises are disingenuous and fail to deliver for a labor market that is hungry for job creation.

Financing for small businesses is critical

Tom Stemberg — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:22:49 GMT

The arbitrary cap on member business lending should be raised to ensure the availability of credit for small businesses, which are the lifeblood of Main Street and the true job creators.

The red tape diaries

JCA Staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:23:23 GMT

To ring in National Small Business Week, Nicholas Owens chronicles one small business owner's ongoing struggle against the bureaucratic leviathan.

Part 6: Why taxation is dishonest and public spending is divisive

Eamonn Butler — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:34:19 GMT

Governments always want to spend more money than we would willingly pay. So they turn to ‘stealth’ taxes, in which the full burden of the tax is deliberately concealed.

Government regulation is killing economic growth

Robert Luddy — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:52:37 GMT

The history of this nation is one of risk and reward. Our Founding Fathers took major risks to journey to an unknown land and launch an unprecedented experiment in human freedom and create the United States of America.

Oil industry has strong growth despite government interference

Robert Luddy — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:20:39 GMT

Guess what industry has shown the best sustained job creation in the past couple of years, despite the hurdles that government keeps throwing up in its way? The green-lobby likes to talk about green jobs, but they are oddly quiet when it comes to job creation in the conventional energy economy.

Part 5: Why we so often believe tax is unjust

Eamonn Butler — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:12:04 GMT

As taxes rise, people are more likely to avoid or evade them. The Treasury responds to that by tightening the rules and raising penalties, but this extra coercion breeds even greater resentment, in a downward moral spiral.

Five questions with John Allison

John Allison — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:07:39 GMT

The Washington Times' Brett Decker interviewed former BB&T CEO and Job Creators Alliance Member John Allison on the causes behind the sluggish economic recovery.

Washington should remove hurdles to job creation

Ronald Lazof — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:32:39 GMT

Places where would-be job creators are subjected to burdensome, confusing, and costly regulations were ranked among the least friendly to small business.

The path to sustainable economic growth

David Park — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:31:16 GMT

While the year started with some hopeful employment numbers, job creation is trending in the wrong direction. Overall, the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for April is mixed, with softness in the headline numbers for April tempered by upward revisions to previous data.

Unemployment isn't declining, people are throwing in the towel

Steve Zelnak — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:43:40 GMT

If the percentage of adult Americans in the labor force -- that being the total number of people who are employed or looking for work -- were the same as it was during the end of the Bush administration, the April jobless rate would be at 11.1 percent.

Putting America back to work

Fran Tarkenton — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:32:10 GMT

The problem with officials citing the unemployment rate, and pundits counting on it to inform their predictions, is what it leaves out.

Part 4: The self-interest of the authorities

Eamonn Butler — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:18:19 GMT

Part 4 of Dr. Butler's series on the (im)morality of taxation focuses on how it serves the self-interest of the authorities.

Free market ideas suffer from being counterintuitive

John Stossel — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:43:14 GMT

It seems intuitive to think that a smart group of central government planners concerned about the collective good can accomplish more than free people pursing their own interests individually in the private sector. But history and reality say otherwise.

Federal regulation stifles lending that would create jobs

John Kane — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:16:03 GMT

Congress's response to the financial crisis was to punish banks on Main Street for the bad decisions made on Wall Street—and it has stifled the kind of financing that businesses desperately need to keep the lights on, much less hire more workers.

Facing a weak job market, college grads turn to internships

Michael Holthouse — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:32:08 GMT

Internships are one of the few options for college grads, one in two of whom can't find a job in this economy.

Another spring slump for jobs

Matt McDonald — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:10:03 GMT

Another winter of hope, another spring of disappointment.

Wall Street keeps lowering the bar on what's acceptable

Javier Loya — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:14:14 GMT

The predicted 170,000 new jobs -- sure to be revised downwards as the number has been consistently -- is a sign of a sluggish to flat economy.

Part 3: Taxation undermines personal responsibility

Eamonn Butler — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:29:26 GMT

Taxes may convince people that they have no outstanding social obligations at all.

Middle class losing ground because of an unfriendly economic climate

Steve Zelnak — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:09:06 GMT

A number of factors are causing the decline of the middle class. We believe there is a solution if elected officials from both sides will listen.

Saving for health care

John Goodman — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:15:33 GMT

Newly announced regulations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act threaten the very existence of consumer directed health plans in the individual market.

The story behind the recent jobless claims

David Park — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:32:11 GMT

The real story is in the four week rolling average, nearly 375,000 -- roughly the same level as last spring's stagnant economic conditions.

Senate plans to offset cost of student loan bill with higher taxes on small businesses

Michael Holthouse — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:32:41 GMT

Raising taxes on small businesses isn't going to help those college grads pay off their loans when they can't get jobs.

Most regulations are about protecting entrenched interests, not public safety

Gary Rabine — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:15:48 GMT

The dirty little not-so-secret fact is that many economic regulations have little to do with protecting citizens’ health, safety and welfare, and instead are propagated by entrenched interests to squeeze out less powerful competitors.

Bad sign: Durable goods orders drop 4.2 percent in March

Michael Whalen — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:32:25 GMT

Durable-goods orders had their worst month in three years.

Taxation eclipses personal morality

Eamonn Butler — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:39:37 GMT

Taxation forces people to pay for things they disagree with, and indeed for things that they may oppose morally, at the deepest personal level.

Unemployment correlates with runup in mid-decade housing bubble

Tom Stemberg — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:46:07 GMT

Econbrowser has a good map showing the average unemployment rate over the last year -- the middle of the country is improving but it's bleak elsewhere.

'Food deserts' are a myth

John Goodman — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:47:45 GMT

Poor urban neighborhoods…not only have more fast food restaurants andconvenience stores than more affluent ones, but more grocery stores,supermarkets and full-service restaurants, too.

Eamonn Butler's (Im)morality of taxation, pt. 2 - Eroding personal morality

JCA Staff — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:47:48 GMT

Join us here tomorrow for part two of Dr. Eamonn Butler's exclusive JCA series, the (im)morality of taxation.

Comparing past job creation in recessions and recoveries

Steve Zelnak — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:07:39 GMT

Want to compare this recession and the recovery efforts to past recessions and recoveries in terms of job creation? There's an app for that.

A look at some economic myths that hurt job creation

John Allison — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:09:21 GMT

Over at Forbes.com, one of their contributors takes a look at some of the economic myths that too many partisans cling to, and which hurt job creation. This is to be expected to some degree, of course, but what's really bothersome is how the media repeats these fallacies without question.

Buffett rule struck down, but still debated

Steve Zelnak — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:49:44 GMT

The Buffett rule would take away money from small businesses that could be used to expand business and hire new people and give it to the government, which has clearly shown it does not know how to create jobs.

MEXICAN DIET: 32% Lower Risk of Breast Cancer in One Study

Jennifer Grossman — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:48:12 GMT

Obesity is a huge cost to our healthcare system and thus our business community.

The (im)morality of taxation

Eamonn Butler — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:50:19 GMT

Everyone knows the moral arguments for taxation.We hear the moral arguments against taxation much more rarely – yet these arguments are numerous and strong.

Dr. Eamonn Butler joins JCA's blog

JCA Staff — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:00:21 GMT

Dr. Eamon Butler, the director and co-founder of Britain's leading free-market policy think tank, the Adam Smith Institute, will be blogging weekly for Job Creators Alliance.

Creative destruction and dynamic adaptation too complex

David Park — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:16:53 GMT

A look at why Netflix never implemented the algorithm that won the Netflix $1 million challenge shows why command-driven economic ordering and static regulations don't work.

Creative destruction, dynamic adaptation too complex2

David Park — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:14:06 GMT

A look at why Netflix never implemented the algorithm that won the Netflix $1 million challenge shows why command-driven economic ordering and static regulations don't work.

All-time high 88 million are 'not in the labor force'

Art Pope — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:42:20 GMT

If it weren't for people dropping out of the labor force, the unemployment rate would be well over 11 percent.

Government regulations are killing middle class opportunity

Steve Zelnak — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:41:28 GMT

When things happen gradually, we tend not to notice. Just 12,300 years ago, Niagara Falls was about seven miles further downstream. It has slowly eroded and no one noticed along the way. It's the same with our free enterprise system.

Small businesses should be wary about Washington

Fran Tarkenton — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:32:53 GMT

No matter where you are, you have to see the signs. The signs help you get past all the arguments about what is going to happen and show you what is real. In an election year, seeing the signs is even more important, as we face an important decision over whether the president deserves four more years, or whether someone else deserves the job.The sign here is what they do about small businesses.

What is the secret to why some nations are wealthy and other impoverished?

Brad Anderson — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:26:27 GMT

The natural state of makind through most of history is abject poverty. How, then, did some nations manage to escape this?

Morning Bell: Hispanics and the 2012 Election

JCA Staff — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:50:31 GMT

After last week’s Republican primary elections in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., the 2012 presidential primary season is reaching an inflection point, and eyes are turning toward America’s final decision on Election Day in November.

Buffett rule would hurt job creation more than anything

Tom Stemberg — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:28:03 GMT

Who would the Buffett rule really hurt? Middle-class, working and unemployed people looking for jobs. And the $47 billion it raises over 10 years is a drop in the bucket to the proposed new spending.

Poll shows majority of Hispanics now believe next generation will not be better off

Daniel Garza — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:55:34 GMT

A new survey by The Libre Initiative of U.S. Hispanics and Latinos tells a tale of shrinking confidence in the next generation of Hispanic Americans to be financially better off.

Governments cling to power even when private solutions work best

John Stossel — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:36:47 GMT

The TSA is a prime example of how government can never do the job as well as the private, for-profit sector.

Unemployed engineer who got Presidential attention still unemployed

Gary Rabine — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:43:51 GMT

President has trouble creating just one job.

Fort Worth engineer who got Obama's attention still doesn't have a job

Gary Rabine — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:16:41 GMT

The President finds it difficult to create one job, much less many.

ObamaCare will add $340 billion to the deficit

Steve Zelnak — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:54:31 GMT

It's "only" $340 billion more on top of the $14 trillion national debt, but they sold it to the American people promising it would reduce the deficit. As broken promises go, it's a doozy.

How to bring back American prosperity

Robert Luddy — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:01:15 GMT

For America to prosper, we must unleash our entrepreneurs, inventors,and job creators to provide employment, economic opportunities, freedom,and a resurgence of America, as the economic leader of the world.

Evidence of a fragile recovery at best

David Park — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:35:15 GMT

Anemic growth in small business lending so far suggests weak prospects for economic expansion. In fact, it's only a step away from flat-lining.

Grid-scale energy storage: Lux predicts $113.5B in global demand by 2017

Susan Story — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:13:37 GMT

The formula for prosperity and therefore job creation remains the same…allow the free market to determine the optimal growth path - whether its energy or anything else.

I like my entrepreneurs with seasoning, please

John Allison — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:00:05 GMT

“Entrepreneur” means “young.” “Entrepreneur” means “energy.” “Entrepreneur” means “new.”

Right?

A Whole Foods grows in Brooklyn

John Mackey — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:50:25 GMT

Our Whole Foods family will open a new store in Park Slope, Brooklyn next year. It follows an 8-year struggle with preservationists, activists, and environmental challenges. Reason.TV took notice of what we were experiencing and made this subversive send-up.

Hiring is about which way the wind blows

Matt McDonald — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:51:12 GMT

A new economic discipline seems to have emerged over the past several months: econometeorology, the explanation of the economy through weather patterns.

Private incentives and markets even benefit endangered species

Art Pope — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:43:40 GMT

Regardless of your personal feelings about hunting, one can't ignore that three African antelope species went from a few dozen worldwide in the late 1970s to more than 17,000 in Texas because of market incentives rather than government regulation.

President Obama’s Results are Wearing Thin with Hispanics

Daniel Garza — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:32:07 GMT

The Hispanic and Latino community has an indomitable spirit, a weatherworn resiliency borne from generations of hardship, scarcity and political under-representation. It is a developed trait that enables our community to work hard, bide our time patiently, push persistently for self-improvement, and to be grateful for the breaks we do get.

How ObamaCare hurts job creation

Steve Zelnak — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:28:40 GMT

Any business owner can tell you that the rising cost of health care has been one of their top concerns for years—but what has them really worried is the increased layers of cost, regulation, and uncertainty stemming from Obamacare.

Jobless rates fall in by slight percentage in 29 states

Fred Eshelman — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:15:23 GMT

Despite uncertainty about the economy, the efforts of some policymakers, and the future of health care reform, the unemployment rate in a number of states has seen a slight uptick.

Is the problem income inequality or lack of opportunity?

Javier Loya — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:55:25 GMT

Isn't reforming the higher education industry or even doing “something” about obscene CEO salaries more desirable if aimed at maximizing opportunities rather than equalizing incomes? That's a good question.

Regulations are job killers(2)

Alicia Ciccone — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:57:26 GMT

Advocates of regulations don’t acknowledge the law of unintended consequences.

Regulations are job killers

John Stossel — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:31:58 GMT

Advocates of regulations don’t acknowledge the law of unintended consequences.

U.S. corporate tax rate poised to become highest

Michael Whalen — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:57:19 GMT

With the highest rate of corporate taxation in the developed world, is it any wonder jobs are being outsourced?

IQ drops when people discuss health care policy

John Goodman — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:28:31 GMT

And the proof of it is in the oral arguments on Obamacare this week.

No more GOP whining about overregulation

Richard Rahn — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:35:36 GMT

Republicans could be blocking agency overreach, but aren’t.

High Noon at the High Court

Rustin Silverstein — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:01:05 GMT

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court begins three days of arguments over the constitutionality of the 2010 health care reform act -- formally known as the Affordable Care Act and referred to by its opponents and, as of this past weekend, the Obama reelection campaign as “Obamacare.”

The government is waging a war on jobs

John Stossel — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:56:51 GMT

When I tried to open a lemonade stand outside my Fox office, I learned about the piles of regulations that make it so tough for new businesses to get off the ground.

Immigration Reform Is Key to Job Creation

David Park — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:56:24 GMT

There is continual talk about destructive regulations and burdensome red tape, but very little discussion over specific policies and regulations that are so burdensome and in need of reform. Well, here's one from a job creator: immigration.

The misleading tale of income inequality

Susan Story — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:26:35 GMT

Calls for redistribution by government are heard on the streets, in the press and from somepoliticians. But by some measures economic inequality is no greater nowthan it was in the 1980s, according to one depth study of the issue.

Supreme Court rules unanimously against EPA “strong-arming of regulated parties”

Gary Rabine — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:00:02 GMT

In a bit of heartening news, SCOTUS handed down a big win for both propertyrights and due process rights in Sackett v. EPA.

Washington's guidance on the cost of federal regulations is inadequate

Wayne Crews — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:07:47 GMT

The emphasis on potentially self-serving agency-assessed net benefits underscores yet again the reality that improving regulatory out comes fundamentally requires Congress to answer for rule impacts

Housing outlook is improving

David Park — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:36:55 GMT

While the details in February were significantly softer than weexpected, the recent upward trend remains in place - for example, thelevel of starts is well above the Q4 average of 670,000, consistent withmy view that residential investment will add to GDP growth in Q1.

How we can keep from going broke, part I

John Goodman — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:44:11 GMT

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other social insurance programs are bankrupting America. They will produce ever-escalating deficits for as far as the eye can see. So what can we do about it?

U.S.-Korea free trade starts as opposition in Seoul vows repeal

David Park — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:10:10 GMT

Lowering barriers to trade almost inevitably and invariably works to the benefit of all nations involved, increasing trade and growing jobs. The new trade agreement with Korea will lower tariffs by 80 percent.

How health reform increases unemployment

John Goodman — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:51:13 GMT

Because of its extensive regulatory impact and pervasiveness in burdening American businesses, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) threatens to undermine the still-fragile American jobs recovery.

Congress must control spending and reform taxes to help businesses create jobs

Susan Story — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:21:39 GMT

Congress needs to reign in spending and reform the tax code if they want to create a climate that allows for the creation of more jobs.

'Job Creation' regulatory system hasn't materialized

Warren Stephens — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:12:19 GMT

The Investor's Business Daily takes the administration to task for its three-year record of regulatory burdens.

New health reform: Will cost jobs, and twice as much as expected

John Allison — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:51:56 GMT

The new health 'reform' will cost $1.7 trillion, and will cost employers both the ability to hire and what they can offer employees.

How regulations kill jobs and businesses, part 317

Steve Zelnak — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:51:52 GMT

A new IRS regulation could drive thousands of independent tax preparers out of business. The big tax companies think that's fine.

Federal Reserve has particularly sunny outlook despite key factors

Art Pope — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:49:59 GMT

If the Federal Reserve is right, things are on the uptick despite energy prices and a depressed housing sector.

It will take eight years to return to 'normal' employment at this rate

Brad Anderson — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:00:11 GMT

At this pace, we'll close the jobs gap by, oh, 2020. That's how long it will take to return employment to pre-recession levels.

The truth about health insurance exchanges

John Goodman — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:02:06 GMT

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health insurance exchanges. The Illinois Policy Institute reports why lawmaker shouldn't be in any hurry to implement them.

Red tape rising: Obama-era regulation at the three-year mark

David Park — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:46:24 GMT

During the first three years of the current Administration, 106new major federal regulations added more than $46 billion per year innew costs for Americans, according to a new Heritage Foundation study.

Probability is high for a new global downturn

Richard Rahn — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:43:13 GMT

Despite the encouraging U.S. jobs-report data last week, the fiscal situation in the United States and most of the rest of the world continues to deteriorate.

Will ObamaCare discourage employers from hiring?

Gary Rabine — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:07:36 GMT

According to the Manhattan Institute, the President's health care plan will discourage businesses from hiring.

We need policies that encourage innovation, investment

Brad Anderson — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:47:13 GMT

We are a long way from recovering the 8.7 million jobs lost following the recession. We need pro-growth policies that encourage innovation and create incentives for investment.

The 'part time' economy behind the job numbers

Tom Stemberg — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:39:29 GMT

When you look more closely at the job numbers, the gild comes off the lily.

It's a drop in the bucket compared to what we need

David Park — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:24:51 GMT

A slight improvement in job numbers for February is welcome, but it's not nearly enough, and it doesn't take into account the big picture -- the same policies that burden businesses are burdening the employed and the underemployed.

Tom Stemberg: Regulations hit small businesses the most

JCA Staff — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:18:20 GMT

Tom Stemberg was on CNBC's "Squawk Box" talking jobs and obstacles to job creation.

WSJ asks: Are small, tech-savvy firms top U.S. job creators?

Art Pope — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:46:39 GMT

They are according to this piece in the Wall Street Journal, and would be even more if we had needed corporate tax reform.

Teaching entrepreneurship is the key to fixing youth unemployment

Michael Holthouse — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:10:32 GMT

That's been my message, and now others are picking it up. This Fortune article makes a great case.

Markets set to rally on ADP jobs report

Gary Rabine — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:11:03 GMT

Over at Forbes.com, there appears to be good news on the jobs front. Despite the it being an uphill battle, companies have been adding more jobs over the last month.

The high cost of the Fed's cheap money

John Allison — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:58:53 GMT

The Wall Street Journal has a good take on how the Fed's policy of cheap money is creating an unsustainable cycle, weakening the dollar, punishing savers, and reducing purchasing power.

What's the truth about the unemployment numbers?

John Goodman — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:17:17 GMT

The NCPA's daily policy digest looks at the facts behind the latest slew of unemployment numbers, and it appears the jobs outlook isn't as rosy as reported.

Time for some rapprochement in U.S.-China economic relations

Daniel Ikenson — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:53:55 GMT

Both China and the United States need to abandonself-destructive, protectionist policies.

Hispanic CEO takes a turn on Undercover Boss

JCA Staff — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:44:49 GMT

Hispanic fast food CEO Rick Silva took a turn on "Undercover Boss" and was shocked at what he found, prompting him to take immediate action to put things right.

Our message about regulations stifling business growth is being heard

Tom Stemberg — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:45:09 GMT

The Boston Herald gave time for me and two other JCA team members to discuss the effect of onerous regulations on hiring and job creation.

US News & World Report highlights JCA concerns

David Park — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:44:59 GMT

Three JCA members speak to US News & World Report on the continuing drag of regulations on businesses.

Americans see tax and regulatory burdens discouraging job creation

JCA Staff — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:45:20 GMT

57% of adults believe tax and regulatory burden on businesses are slowing job creation.

Choose to Live LIBRE

Daniel Garza — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:58:32 GMT

In protecting and promoting our economic freedoms, elected leaders cando more to increase prosperity for more and more people, vastly improvemortality rates, individual happiness and the environment, and lessen povertyby simply securing our freedoms.

Raising Entrepreneurs Is Our Path to Higher Employment, Prosperity for All

Steve Mariotti — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:20:07 GMT

If entrepreneurship is this vital to the American economy, why aren't we teaching every high school student in this country how to start and operate a small business?

President's budget fails job creators

Tom Stemberg — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:55:18 GMT

Tom Stemberg has written an editorial for the Washington Times looking at the effect of the 2013 proposed budget on job creators.

Stop the regulation, already

Michael Whalen — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:46:42 GMT

Onerous regulations are killing job creation.

Some Consequences of Government Ownership of Banks

JCA Staff — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:12:28 GMT

Mark Calabria at the Cato Institute takes a hard look at what happens when government gets into the banking business.

A glimpse at the disconnect between private and public sector

David Park — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:40:44 GMT

The Daily Caller has an interesting and amusing video that shows the disconnect in how government employees and elected officials view private sector employees and employers.

How the American 21st Century will be shaped by Hispanics

Daniel Garza — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:24:38 GMT

As Hispanics become increasingly prominent, we need to embrace a free market approach and reject reliance on government.

To Frack or Not to Frack: Why the Fracking question?

Sterling Burnett — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:40:12 GMT

The President has thwarted pipelines, prevented expansion of offshore drillingwhile shuttering some platforms in the process of construction and hasplaced a great deal of public lands previously open to leasing anddevelopment off limits.

What Were They Thinking at Health Affairs?

Linda Gorman — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:50:06 GMT

Health Affairs journal makes some pretty incredible claims about RomneyCare.

An alternative approach to unemployment

JCA Staff — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:55:38 GMT

Over at the Adam Smith Institute in London, they take a look at what's driving unemployment there and why the outlook is grim in 2012.

Patriotism, Loyalty, Tax Competition, and ‘Tax Fugitives’

Daniel Mitchell — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:25:49 GMT

I fight to preserve tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacyfor the simple reason that politicians are less likely to imposedestructive tax policy if they know that labor and capital can escape tojurisdictions with more responsible fiscal climates.

Playing Favorites in the Corporate Tax Code

Donald Marron — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:40:54 GMT

The President’s new Framework for Business Tax Reform is two documents in one. The first diagnoses the many flaws in America’s business tax system, and the second offers a framework for fixing them.

Fuzzy math means regulations that don't help anyone

David Park — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:06:21 GMT

Adam Peshak at the Reason Foundation looks at how regulations based on good intentions and fuzzy math both end up burdening the economy and not helping solve the problems in the first place.

WSJ breaks down Obama's muddled tax reform

David Park — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:21:49 GMT

The Wall Street Journal today does a great job of looking at the reality behind the President's tax proposals.

Barton: Dinner with Bernie

Bernie Marcus — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:31:08 GMT

JCA Leader Bernie Marcus brought his message of pro-capitalism to Savannah, Georgia, and he's profiled in the Savannah Morning News.

Over-regulated America

JCA Staff — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:01:05 GMT

The Economist says that the home of laissez-faire is being suffocated by excessive and badly written regulation.

Desperate for jobs, youth flee Obama

JCA Staff — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:32:56 GMT

The Washington Examiner looks at how younger voters who are unemployed are turning away from a president they once supported.

Job Creators React To President's Budget

JCA Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:54:15 GMT

Members of the Job Creators Alliance issued the followingstatements reacting to the President's budget for Fiscal Year 2013.

Think of All the Jobs We’re Creating in Regulatory Compliance!

Walter Olson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:15:39 GMT

Business Week claims government regulation is a way to create jobs among lawyers, fillers-out of paperwork forms, installers of state-mandated equipment, and so forth.

Bernie Marcus Discusses His Views on Giving Away the Billion-Dollar Fortune He’s Amassed

JCA Staff — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:25:47 GMT

Bernie Marcus has dedicated himself to giving away the $1.5 billion fortune. Here's why.

Health Costs, Gov't Regulations Curb Small Business Hiring

JCA Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:04:28 GMT

According to Gallup, 85 percent of small businesses aren't hiring because of government concerns.

Create jobs for innovators, or for regulators?

Fran Tarkenton — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:20:00 GMT

We know burdensome regulations hurt business. Here are some specific examples.

President’s Budget Shows Feds Can’t Create ObamaCare ‘Exchanges’

Michael Cannon — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:49:57 GMT

Obamacare - It just doesn't add up.

Obama’s Budget: This Isn’t Built to Last

Tad DeHaven — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:09:08 GMT

More spending, taxes and debt won't do anyone any good.

No Winners in U.S.-China Trade War

Daniel Ikenson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:08:01 GMT

No one wins in a trade war.

What Has Ben Bernanke Done For You Lately?

James Groth — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:00:45 GMT

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has printed $2 trillion in paper money, and...?

FACT CHECK: Has the Obama Administration Really Issued Fewer Regulations?

JCA Staff — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:23:49 GMT

The President’s budget repeats the claim President Obama made in his State of the Union Address that he has issued fewer regulations in the first three years of his Administration than President George W. Bush. While technically accurate, this claim is highly misleading.

Turn Up the Heat

John Stossel — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:02:56 GMT

Forget global warming, what about the damage of cold weather?

Administration Health Reform's Top Three Budget Busters

Alyene Senger — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:13:56 GMT

The most costly provisions of what critics call "Obamacare."

Sebelius Fundraising Could Compel Companies to Support Obama

Lachlan Markey — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:07:02 GMT

Allowing cabinet secretaries to raise funds could have harsh consequences.

President Obama’s Economy of “Stuff”

Pamela Villarreal — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:59:40 GMT

Government needs to let "stuff" happen.

Consumer Saving is not Usually a Bad Thing

Bob McTeer — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:59:49 GMT

Popular misconception leads to adverse policy implications.

Regulations threaten HSAs

John Goodman — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:02:04 GMT

Administration's health reforms threaten HSAs.

President Obama’s Spending

Chris Edwards — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:53:00 GMT

Both parties have used chicanery to hide spending and debt.

Government is the Biggest Barrier to Contraception

John Goodman — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:49:23 GMT

It's not lack of funding that hurts contraceptive availability.

Tax Carnival #97: Federal Budget Edition

Kay Bell — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:18:35 GMT

The tax implications of the 2013 budget are staggering.

How Can Obama Think We Need Higher Double Taxation of Dividends and Capital Gains?

Daniel Mitchell — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:07:36 GMT

The President’s 2013 budget proposals increase both the capital gains tax rate and the tax rate on dividends.

Reporters Should Think Big on Budget Reforms

Chris Edwards — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:08:22 GMT

Journalists aren't asking the right questions on the federal budget.

Zelnak, JCA featured in Raleigh newspaper

JCA Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:08:25 GMT

The Raleigh News & Observer had a Sunday feature about Stephen Zelnak and his new role with the Job Creators Alliance.

The Fed Votes 'No Confidence'

Charles Schwab — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:09:12 GMT

The prolonged 37-month 'emergency' policy of maintaining near-zero interest rates is harming the economy. It's time to take another look.

Jobs Preview 2012: The Year of the Missing Worker

Matt McDonald — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:51:57 GMT

Despite today's optimistic job numbers, Hamilton Place Strategies says while there is still time for economic growth to improve in 2012, the large number of people waiting to reenter the workforce makes it is exceedingly unlikely that the unemployment rate will drop below the politically important 8 percent level by Election Day.

JCA Statement on Jobs Numbers

David Park — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:48:18 GMT

Dallas, TX - Job Creators Alliance Chairman and co-founder David Park issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 243,000 jobs were added to the economy last month and the unemployment rate ticked down to 8.3%:

Should the U.S. Restrict Immigration?

Jeffrey Miron — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:04:03 GMT

The case for immigration restriction, for both skilled and unskilled workers, is overstated, misguided or flat-out wrong.

GOP the Loser in Primary Fight over Immigration

Daniel Griswold — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:05:12 GMT

Republican candidates are ignoring the need for skilled immigrants in their battle to appear tough on illegal immigration.

The “Problem” of Immigration

Arkval Webworks — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:05:48 GMT

Challenges in the job market brought by broader immigration policy are largely the result of government interfering with free market forces.

Immigration Politics: More than jobs

John Tirman — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:08:29 GMT

Immigration doesn’t cause the loss of jobs for Americans, it actually increases jobs and economic growth.

Difference engine: Let the games begin

N V — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:37:59 GMT

New free Apple App allows teachers to produce their own interactive textbooks, and the results show students using it score far better than those using traditional textbooks.

The Administration Is Avoiding the Tough College Course

Neal McCluskey — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:26:26 GMT

Lather, rinse, repeat: More money put into student loans and grants means constantly rising college tuition prices, prompting the call for more money for student loans and grants.

What would improve inner-city schools? - The perspective of an inner-city teacher

Francis Gilbert — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:22:19 GMT

A UK inner city school teacher discusses free market steps that could be taken to improve urban schools that would work here in the U.S. as well.

Markets don't fail

Jan Boucek — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:11:51 GMT

Led by the UK’s own prime minister, markets are under assault for causing all our current economic woes. Blaming “market failure”, David Cameron is trying to outbid Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband for policies to reform the market system.

Ireland and the law of unintended domino effects

JP Floru — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:38:30 GMT

Ireland bailed out its banks to stop the much vaunted but never explained domino effect of banks going down. As a result its debt went up, and its AAA credit rating went down.

Minimum Wage Myths

Pamela Villarreal — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:52:17 GMT

Here we go again…beginning January 1, 2012, eight states raised their minimum wage. The way news articles have hyped this, one would think that somehow raising the wage another 30 cents is going to catapult the bottom 99 percent into the top 1 percent.

The Voice of Job Creators

David Park — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:46:23 GMT

There is a crisis in this country and it is one that Washington seems ill-equipped to handle. It is a crisis of certainty and confidence. Well, this isn’t news to most Americans, but it certainly does seem like Washington hasn’t heard.

Another Stimulus-Backed Energy Company Files for Bankruptcy

Lachlan Markey — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:06:55 GMT

Solyndra isn’t the only government supported green energy company that’s in the red, as Ener1 files for bankruptcy.

Climate Coalitions Collapse

Sterling Burnett — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:12:50 GMT

Man-made climate change believers are seeing their uneasy alliances fall apart in the wake of new evidence and attitudes undermining their claims of global warming.

On Keystone, Congress Steps Up

Nicolas Loris — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:22:20 GMT

Congress isn’t backing down to the Administration’s denial of the Keystone pipeline, because the environmental impact is nil while the jobs impact is huge.

Solyndra: A Political-Energy Company

David Boaz — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:22:01 GMT

Solyndra and other government-loan dependant energy companies are less about energy and more about politics.

California, Illinois Continue to Make Other States Look Good

Harris Kenny — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:22:41 GMT

Summary: Public sector salaries continue to outpace private sector salaries at the state level as well as the federal

Debt Limit Increases to Nearly $16.4 Trillion

Emily Goff — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:09:13 GMT

With over $15 trillion already on the national credit card, the government’s solution seems to be to get another credit card.

Stop the Madness: National Debt Threatens our Prosperity

Doug Lamborn — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:56:01 GMT

It’s unsustainable: The U.S. is continuing to spend, the debt is up to $16.4 trillion, and yet Congress is operating in its third year with no budget.

The Laffer Curve Works, Even in France

Daniel Mitchell — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:19:49 GMT

Even in a mixed economy like France, lowering taxes actually increases revenues.

Stupid Rules

John Stossel — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:33:33 GMT

Too many rules and regulations strangle business growth and job creation across all sectors.

Eugene White on banking: regulation or incentives?

Scott Sumner — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:29:38 GMT

Banking reform is better served through better incentives rather than top-down, one-size-fits-all regulations.

Let’s Regulate Harder. That’ll Provide More Jobs For Young Law Grads!

Walter Olson — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:17:59 GMT

Lawmakers and lawyers see increased regulation on businesses as a way to create more jobs for fresh-face lawyers, not seeing it costs jobs everywhere else.

Stakeholder Capitalism

Tim Ambler — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:47:53 GMT

‘Third way’ economics ignores the reality that job creation, better services, and cheaper prices are positive externalities of businesses making profit the number one priority.

Treasury Right to Reject Additional Funds for IMF

Terry Miller — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:33:06 GMT

U.S. Treasury’s refusal to replace the current euro-debt with IMF loans will prompt euro-zone economies to get their houses in order.

Trade, Tires, and Jobs

Bryan Riley — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:25:24 GMT

Protectionist policy on Chinese tire imports backfire, costing more jobs than it saves in the United States.

Federal workers and retirees owe more than $3 billion in taxes

Kay Bell — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:58:49 GMT

One of the groups with the highest rate of income tax delinquency turns out to be federal employees and those living on federal pensions.

Capital Gains Taxes Are Going Up

Donald Marron — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:54:34 GMT

Next year the capital gains tax rate is set to rise dramatically, hurting investment in the very businesses that create the jobs so desperately needed.

U.S. dividend taxes too high

Chris Edwards — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:12:49 GMT

Dividend taxes in the United States are the fourth-highest among leading nations, with a real rate of 52 percent because of double taxation, rather than the commonly believed 15 percent.

The Tax Foundation Releases 2012 State Business Tax Climate Index

Harris Kenny — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:42:01 GMT

Wyoming, South Dakota top the list as the best state tax systems for business; New York and New Jersey are the worst.

Jon Stewart Forces Secretary Sebelius to Sweat Obamacare’s Details

Alyene Senger — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:50:47 GMT

Daily Show host Jon Stewart puts HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the hot seat on how vague and troublesome ObamaCare will be for businesses.

Why Quality Improvement Doesn’t Reduce Health Care Costs

John Goodman — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:26:37 GMT

Summary: Quality improvements do increase quality of care, but they don’t reduce overall costs.

Is Medicaid Cheaper and Better than Private Insurance?

Linda Gorman — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:46:27 GMT

Summary: It turns out Medicare isn’t better than private insurance, in cost or efficiency.

Job creation should be government's focus, not regulations

Gary Rabine — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:41:42 GMT

Starting my own company as an 18-year old with just a couple thousand dollars in my pocket seemed at the time to be the toughest part of becoming a small business owner. Yet through the years, I have realized that it may have actually been the easiest part.

Job Creation Should Be Government's Focus, Not Regulations

Gary Rabine — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:15:50 GMT

Jobs: Markets or Government?

Robert Bradley — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:21:38 GMT

Job creation and economic recovery are atop the agenda of both political parties. The White House, however, has chosen a government-heavy job creation plan, beginning and ending with so-called “green energy” jobs.

Educating our Youth

Michael Holthouse — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:18:33 GMT

Education reform advocates frequently argue that improving our schools is vital to keeping America competitive with the rest of the world in math, science, and technology. I’d add another field to that list: entrepreneurship.

Unemployment & Regulation

Steve Zelnak — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:45 GMT

Government has to realize businesses can’t create jobs when their dealing with new regulations, rules.

Killing the Gazelles

Michael Whalen — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:19:50 GMT

While most Americans are familiar with the financialterms “bull” and “bear,” a lesser-known animal metaphor economists like to use is “gazelle.”

Small Manufacturers on the Rise

Fran Tarkenton — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:24:45 GMT

Manufacturing is on its way back in America. Growth in this sector is great news for America, and especially great news for small business people.

American Energy Policy, Jobs and the Economy

Susan Story — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:14:56 GMT

In case you missed it, Southern Company released a report discussing the importance of a national energy policy and how a solid energy policy, or lack thereof, affects our economic growth.

Our Government is Creating the Wrong Kind of Jobs

Tom Stemberg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:05:15 GMT

Jobs creation is great, but there are the right kind of jobs and the wrong kind.

Protection is no way to create jobs

Judge Posner — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:26:16 GMT

Sluggish employment growth and high unemployment rates have once again led to calls for protection that would do more harm than good.

True Job Creators Need a Voice(2)

Beth Weaving — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:06:35 GMT

I worked hard to make my own small company into a big one but I never could have succeeded if I had faced the avalanche of impediments that our current government hurls down upon this generation of entrepreneurs. The White House’s job creation strategy seems designed to merely raise taxes while it appoints another blue-ribbon council to talk about the lack of jobs.

Where Are The Workers?

Matt McDonald — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:22:26 GMT

We have seen theglimpse of a jobs recovery over the past several weeks. Unemploymentclaims have continued to fall below the key 400,000 level, with the most recent4-week rolling average at 373,000. Likewise, the ADP payroll estimatecame in at a robust 325,000 new jobs for December.

Regulation

Brad Anderson — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:03:59 GMT

If you ask the American people if they’re worried there is too much regulation, taxes, and spending - they’re likely to say yes. If you ask an American small business owner what his or her biggest problem is, the most likely answer will be complying with government regulations. It’s estimated that the cost of regulations on the American economy is $1.75 trillion – double what the government took in in individual income taxes last year. And since the beginning of the Obama Administration, there has been over $40 billion in new annual regulatory burdens, not to mention the regulations now in the works (almost 3,000).

We Don’t Need Stimulus, We Need Less Regulations

John Allison — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:24:25 GMT

Most people go into business because they want to make the world better by building something – and, of course, to make money for themselves and the people working with them. Yet business leaders today are routinely treated as guilty until proven innocent by the bureaucrats in our regulatory agencies.

Our regulatory state strangles economic growth. Regulations bar many voluntary agreements, and subject businessmen to constant micromanagement.

NEW TEST Blog Option 2

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McDonald’s chief: Curb spending and cut taxes(2)

Jeff Randall — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:56:59 GMT

"The question is, how can we get the ox out of the ditch?" Mr Skinner said. "In order to create jobs in America, you're going to have to cut taxes… particularly in the business com

True Job Creators Need a Voice

Bernie Marcus — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:56:00 GMT

I worked hard to make my own small company into a big one but I never could have succeeded if I had faced the avalanche of impediments that our current government hurls down upon this generation of

Tax reformers would stymie job growth amidst worst job crisis

Michael Whalen — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:26:30 GMT

The nation’s political establishment praises small business owners for creating jobs when Election Day draws near.

Job Creators Alliance: Committed to America's Success

Daniel Son — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:34:41 GMT

Job creation is the number one issue on the minds of most Americans. Yet unemployment, along with the overall U.S. economy, is not gaining positive momentum.

Job Creators Alliance Formed(2)

JCA Research Report — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:51:02 GMT

Business leaders from across the country have come together to create a new organization dedicated to restoring job growth and returning the nation to economic prosperity.

A Word About Economic Uncertainty

JCA Research Report — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:43:47 GMT

Nobel Laureate Gary Becker and Judge Richard Posner’s blog, “Why the economic recovery is lagging” is a must read.

National Labor Relations Board Proposes New Rule That Hurts American Job Creation

Michael Whalen — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:51:08 GMT

Last week the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposed a new rule that will make hiring workers in America more difficult for businesses.

Common Sense Regulation of Loans for Small Business

Michael Whalen — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:07:33 GMT

Testimony given to the United States House of Representatives, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee Hearing on “Legislative Proposals Regarding Bank Examination Practices”

“Terrible” Jobs Report Shows the Need for Less Regulations on Businesses

Daniel Son — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:07:46 GMT

Earlier this week, Matt McDonald of Hamilton Place Strategies wrote about America’s bleak jobs picture. McDonald, who has served as a senior strategist on two Presidential campaigns, noted that there

Unshackle the job creators

John Allison — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:24:13 GMT

People are understandably demanding answers to the unemployment challenge. What's the cure? What will it take to generate more jobs for America?

Where Are All the New Jobs?

John Goodman — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:55:47 GMT

Why aren’t employers hiring more workers? Why are so many people seeking work unable to find anything other than part-time positions or temporary employment?

Put a Ceiling on Overregulation

John Berlau — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:11:42 GMT

President Barack Obama may have inadvertently revealed one area of common ground with the Republicans during his recent news conference laying out sharp differences with the GOP.

Marcus' Home Truths On Jobs

John Merline — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:15:24 GMT

Bernie Marcus co-founded Home Depot (HD) in 1978 and brought it public in 1981 as the U.S. was suffering from the worst recession and unemployment in 40 years. The company thrived, creating hundreds o

Dodd-Frank at One Year is Nothing for Job Creators to Celebrate

JCA Research Report — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:57:18 GMT

Some anniversaries are better left uncelebrated and the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act is certainly one of them.

More Americans Unhappy with Obama on Economy, Jobs

Ylan Mui — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:17:31 GMT

More than a third of Americans now believe that President Obama’s policies are hurting the economy, and confidence in his ability to create jobs is sharply eroding among his base, according to a new W

The Latest Job Killer From the EPA

John Engler — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:21:50 GMT

President Obama won praise from businesses in January when he promised to bring "reason and balance" to a "21st-century regulatory system."