The U.S. economy is suffering under crippling deficits, massive debt, and record unemployment. The country needs fresh ideas, novel solutions, and unorthodox measures to stimulate job growth, pay down debt, and balance its budget. Independents will be watching for policy proposals and candidates, who think outside the box, can make the tough decisions, and challenge the status quo when it comes to leading the economy out of a recession. This section will cover breaking news and developments related to the economic health of the country, states and individual citizens.
A recent Gallup Poll has revealed that satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States is lower among Americans classifying themselves as Independents compared to Americans overall. As a mere 11% of Americans overall approve of the way things are progressing in the United States (the lowest level since December 2008 and just four points above the all-time low recorded in O
Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, recently unloaded on DC politicians for their failed attempts at tackling the nation’s fiscal crisis.
The debt ceiling deal reached late last month might have temporarily reassured foreign debt holders, but the same can’t be said of American farmers who anxiously await some decisions on cuts to agricultural spending.
Here are some items of interest in this month’s California agricultural report: Judge blocks highway project pending further research on its agricultural impact
The California legislature has done it yet again. It passed a budget based on hugely optimistic estimates of revenue only to have the reality pie of revenue shortfall hit it in the face a few months later. Of course, legislators are just gobsmacked by this unexpected turn of events.
Most Tea Party-ers have always advocated government spending cuts, except when it comes to the Pentagon’s budget.
As those on the Left have recently attempted to craft yet another meme to diminish the relevance of the Tea Party movement, a Rasmussen Poll showed that a majority of voters don’t subscribe to the notion that the movement is comprised of economic terrorists.
