We Can’t Afford A $1.9 Trillion Stimulus John Hendrickson: Both political parties are responsible for the out-of-control spending. It is time that policymakers take our debt crisis seriously. John HendricksonFebruary 22, 20214 minute read
Grading Obama, Part One In the first installment of a series grading President Barack Obama’s time in office Adam Graham looks at Obama’s economic and social agendas. Adam GrahamJanuary 12, 20177 minute read
Stimulus Board Attempt to Shame Tiny Iowa City Shows Faulty Oversight (Watchdog.org) Volga City, IA – In September 2009, Volga City was awarded a $100,000 grant from… Paul BrennanJanuary 6, 20143 minute read
Pigs Are Flying: The Des Moines Register Endorses Mitt Romney For the first time since 1972 The Des Moines Register endorses a Republican. They chose Mitt Romney for his economic plan and bipartisan experience. Shane Vander HartOctober 27, 20123 minute read
Paul Ryan in Des Moines: Jobs Are Not Created By Growing Government Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan visited Des Moines, IA today and said that jobs are created by growing the economy, not government. Shane Vander HartSeptember 17, 20122 minute read
The Stimulus WORKED! For Public Employee Unions The Des Moines Register in Sunday’s editorial claimed that the stimulus worked. If so it did only for public employee unions, not the American taxpayer. Shane Vander HartSeptember 17, 20126 minute read
Video: Paul Ryan Addresses Value Voters Summit Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan spoke at the Value Voters Summit in Washington, DC. Video & transcript of speech included. Caffeinated ThoughtsSeptember 14, 201211 minute read
Leonard Boswell Faces No-Win Stimulus Head Scratcher on Vote Today Regardless of how Congressman Leonard Boswell votes on the “No More Solyndras Act” he can’t run from his record of voting for reckless spending. Caffeinated ThoughtsSeptember 14, 20125 minute read
Obama Doesn’t Need More Time, He Needs a Pink Slip President Obama’s nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was pretty… Shane Vander HartSeptember 7, 20123 minute read
Tom Harkin Spearheading Effort for Another Failed Stimulus Des Moines, IA – Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn railed against Senator… Caffeinated ThoughtsJune 15, 20111 minute read
President Obama’s Hypocrisy with Partisan Politics This is hardly a surprise, but President Barack Obama is now talking… Shane Vander HartJanuary 4, 20111 minute read
Sarah Palin: Bailouts Reward Bad Behavior By Sarah Palin Do insolvent states actually believe other states should bail… Caffeinated ThoughtsDecember 7, 20105 minute read
Obama Administration to Monitor Obesity Furthering the death spiral to America being transformed into a nanny state…… Shane Vander HartJuly 17, 20101 minute read
Krugman’s Fantasy vs. Kudlow’s Business Acumen Today’s perusal of RealClearPolitics brought an interesting juxtaposition of two views that… Brian MyersJuly 16, 20103 minute read
Maybe the Stimulus Helped Out the Sign Industry I remember last summer in Minnesota I saw my first ARRA sign. … Shane Vander HartJuly 15, 20102 minute read
Public–Private Pay Disparity Yesterday as I was leaving the hotel I was staying in while… Shane Vander HartMarch 6, 20103 minute read