Reading Assignments 

Not only did Obama fail to get a bounce from his jobs speech to a joint session of Congress, but his approval rating actually declined slightly.

The problem with government stimulus: If private business concepts seek growth capital they must have a compelling plan for turning $100 into $1,000, whereas federal spending occurs under no such discipline.

Unions have had few better friends than Barack Obama.

Obama believes the federal government must dictate your decisions. His panel of selected experts know best how you should live your life, and Washington must be empowered to force you to follow their edicts.

Is it the federal government's responsibility to address what ails the nation, in this case the economy? And if so, to what degree? What is the right balance?

The Congressman who authored the original legislation to create the TSA (a Republican, by the way) now saws that the agency should be privatized.

Nationwide, economists found that Davis-Bacon rules (requiring prevailing union wages) cost federal taxpayers about $9 billion annually.

Is the Obama administration willing to curb government regulations, but only because they affect certain swing states in the 2012 election?

Did you know that our smallest businesses (fewer than 20 employees) spend 36% more per employee than larger companies to comply with federal regulations?

Government Outrage: Government officials in Bethesda, Maryland, have decided to spend $4 million dollars to provide housing for 12 homeless people for one year.

A CEO takes aim at Warren Buffett’s claim that his secretary pays a higher tax rate than he does.

I didn’t get the chance to talk about this on the program, but Donald Rumsfeld says that he regrets that the Bush administration was too politically correct in talking about radical Islam.