Opposing Views - The Recession

Is the Economy Getting Better? The White House Responds

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:14:47 -0600

By The White House

Along First, while But the main point is how severe this recession has been on job loss. There are Here's what comes out of all this: our policies, most notably the Recovery Act, have helped...

Audi Pokes Fun at Environmentalists in Super Bowl Ad

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:10 -0600

By NRDC

By -- Most well-meaning environmentalists are chronically guilt-ridden. I constantly confront More important is the question of whether the Audi “clean diesel” is really all that...

Obama's Green Jobs Plan Will Do More Harm than Good

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:24:08 -0600

By Heritage Foundation

By On the campaign trail Barack Obama promised if he were elected president, he would create 5 million “green collar” jobs . Today President Obama announced $2.3 billion in tax...

Americans Not Buying Obama Spending Freeze

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:59:03 -0600

By Heritage Foundation

By According to Rasmussen Reports, only 9% of the population think that the proposed spending freeze will Although it sounds like a large number (and 447 billion is certainly nothing to...

Obama Creates New Jobs with New High-Speed Rail Projects

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:23:16 -0600

By AFL-CIO

Today We can put Americans to work today building the infrastructure of tomorrow. From the first railroads to the The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes awards of $2.25...

Edward Whitacre Named CEO at General Motors

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:26:27 -0600

By Michael Flood McNulty Opposing Views

General Motors Chairman and interim CEO Ed Whitacre is dropping the interim from his title as the automaker's CEO. (Jan. 25) Photo, courtesy show...

Edward Whitacre Stays as GM CEO; What's Wrong with This Picture?

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:07:06 -0600

By John Rafuse

By J. Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “A page of experience is worth a volume of logic.” Taxpayers can only hope the outsiders acquire enough experience very soon -- or...

Senators Rebelling Against Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:57:59 -0600

By Reason Foundation

By Tim Cavanaugh The U.S. Senate is rebelling against the seemingly inevitable reappointment of Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke. With Time magazine's person of the year facing the...

Ron Paul on Fox Business-Gov't and Fed to Blame for Economy

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:30:26 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff

On Thursday, January 14, Congressman Ron Paul appeared on Fox Business to discuss who is to blame for the financial crisis. The suspects -- runaway spending, Freddie and Fannie Mac, the...

Is Obama's "Responsibility Tax" on Banks Legal?

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:30:26 -0600

By Reason Foundation

By Tim Cavanaugh It didn't take long for the constitutional weaknesses in President Obama's proposed "Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee" to become clear . Eric Dash of Los Tiempos de...

The Link Between Terrorism, Job Losses and Health Care

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:30:07 -0600

By Heritage Foundation

By There are links between terrorist attacks, job losses, and the health care legislation that is being completed behind closed doors: 1) A massive failed bureaucracy didn’t protect Flight 253...

Looming Tax Hikes Preventing Economic Recovery

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:29:47 -0600

By Heritage Foundation

By Curtis Dubay The danger of higher taxes in the future is thwarting economic recovery today. Businesses make investment and hiring decisions based on their expectations of future...

The Past Decade the Worst for American Workers

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:29:42 -0600

By AFL-CIO

Whoa. This from The Washington Post : The past decade was the worst for the U.S. economy in modern times… WaPo is the kind of newspaper that leans heavily toward emphasizing happy...

Stimulus Package Forces States to Raise Taxes

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:29:42 -0600

By CEI

By The federal government ’s $800 billion stimulus package , which failed to cut unemployment , is now forcing states and local governments to raise taxes . The Wall Street Journal...

The Bankruptcy Mall of America (infographic)

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:29:14 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff

From economiccrisisblog.com — Bankruptcy has run rampant recently and no one is immune. This map depicts some of the biggest retail bankruptcies since 2008.

Obama Pledges U.S. Action During Climate Change Speech

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:29:07 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff

President Barack Obama spoke on the last day of United Nations Climate Change Conference in called on all major economies to put forward decisive reduce their emissions and turn the corner on...