Do you think a national poll of small business owners would show majority support for increasing the minimum wage? How about a poll in which the small business owners were predominately Republican?
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. economy added 165,000 jobs in April, better that the projections of economists. In addition, revised employment numbers for February and March showed that 114,000 more jobs were added over those two months than had previously been reported.
By Dr. David May I am a Republican. For those who know me that is not a surprise. I live in a red state. I have never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. I can field strip, clean and reassemble a Remington 12-gauge pump blindfolded. And on top of it, I think we should talk…
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The Fed’s policy of keeping interest rates near zero is another form of trickle-down economics.
TRENTON – A Republican state Senator is pointing to the latest charges filed in connection with alleged fraud in the Elizabeth school district’s free lunch program as another reason to change the state’s school funding formula.
In the election of 1952 my father voted for Dwight Eisenhower. When I asked him why he explained that “FDR’s debt” was still burdening the economy — and that I and my children and my grandchildren would be paying it down for as long as we lived.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For most taxpayers, the tax deadline has passed. But planning for next year can start now. The IRS reminds taxpayers that being organized and planning ahead can save time and money in 2014. Here are six things you can do now to make next April 15 easier.
Economic forecasters exist to make astrologers look good. Most had forecast growth of at least 3 percent (on an annualized basis) in the first quarter. But we learned Friday morning (in the Commerce Department’s report) it grew only 2.5 percent.
Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed legislation that would break up the big banks and financial institutions that crashed the economy. The ending of ‘too big to fail’ would also open the door to criminal prosecutions of corporate criminals who have up until now been too big to jail. “We have a situation now where Wall Street…
STATE - Average retail gasoline prices in New Jersey have fallen 0.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.26 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,525 gas outlets in New Jersey. This compares with the national average that has fallen 1.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.49…
