With criticism coming at him fast and furious for his role in the federal government shutdown, Utah Senator Mike Lee is plowing ahead to define himself on his own terms. As the talking heads and media outlets nationwide were predicting his demise in 2016, Lee took to the podium at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday […]
Can Senator Mike Lee redefine the conservative movement?
October 31, 2013 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: Political Thought, Republican Politics, Speeches Tagged With: Heritage Foundation, Jennifer Rubin, Middle class, Mike Lee, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Poverty, Republican Party, Senator Mike Lee, Utah
Financially, we’re not better off, says the US Census. Especially young workers.
September 12, 2012 by Daniel Burton
With 53 percent of 18-24 year olds living back at home with their parents, it should come as no surprise that support among the young for Obama has fallen. Young voters between ages 18 and 29 have been among the groups hit hardest by the recession, with 12.7 percent unemployed and nearly a third underemployed. Support for Obama in this group has fallen from 49 percent to just 41%, a blow to a group that was important to the President’s 2008 win.
Filed Under: The Economy Tagged With: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, economy, Mitt Romney, Obama, Poverty, Salt Lake Tribune, Unemployment, United States, Utah, White House, young workers
Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages – CNBC
March 8, 2011 by Daniel Burton
1 in 3 of us is on the government dole: Even as the economy has recovered, social welfare benefits make up 35 percent of wages and salaries this year, up from 21 percent in 2000 and 10 percent in 1960, according to TrimTabs Investment Research using Bureau of Economic Analysis data. “The U.S. economy has […]
Filed Under: Entitlement Reform, Government Tagged With: CNBC, Economic, entitlement reform, government dole, postaday2011, Poverty, Social Sciences, TrimTabs Investment Research, Welfare, Welfare state
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