May 18, 2012 Success: Facebook’s cultural ascent is a tribute to American innovation and entrepreneurship. But powerful Democrats see its financial success as a chance to fuel popular envy and line the pockets of big government. Barack Obama and Congress’ leading Democrats say Mitt Romney doesn’t get it when it comes to the economy. But [...]

Election math is adding up to a win for Romney By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Friday, May 18, 2012 The Obama campaign has had to deal with a rash of bad news lately. A souring economy combined with a series of gaffes and missteps has made the president look weak and defensive. Poll [...]

Stimulating government has done nothing to improve the economy By Nita Ghei The Washington Times Friday, May 18, 2012 Americans are still asking themselves, “where’s the recovery?” The latest re- ports suggest the answer is nowhere in sight, as the present “recovery” is looking an awful lot like a recession. The index of leading indicators, [...]

Democrats offer no summer relief from looming tax hike By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Friday, May 18, 2012 The arrival of summer in the nation’s capital is always heralded by humidity and resulting citywide lethargy. Unfortunately for small-business owners perspiring over what taxes they’ll owe Uncle Sam for the year, this season is [...]

By David Bier Published May 18, 2012 FoxNews.com Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow more Ph.Ds, scientists, and other high-skilled workers trained at U.S. universities to remain in America. The bill (S. 3185) would increase the H-1B visa quota by 55,000, but for some, the proposal doesn’t go far enough.  [...]

By Curt Levey Published May 18, 2012 FoxNews.com While President Obama campaigns on “tax fairness” – eliminating loopholes for the wealthiest one percent, the oil companies and other big corporations — his favorite corporate giant is enjoying an unprecedented, under-the-table multi-billion dollar tax break.  In addition to the more than $50 billion given to General [...]

Published May 18, 2012 FoxNews.com Nearly $800 million in federal grant money authorized and appropriated by federal agencies remained unspent for years, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report. The April 16 report was highlighted Friday by GOP Sen. Tom Coburn, following the release a day earlier of a GAO study he commissioned that [...]

Patrick Wintour in Chicago and Ewen MacAskill in Washington guardian.co.uk, Friday 18 May 2012 Barack Obama was caught between two competing European visions of how to solve the financial crisis at the G8 summit when David Cameron rejected outright a French proposal to raise €57bn (£46bn) through a tax on financial transactions. The eurozone crisis [...]

May 19, 2012 MIAMI (Reuters) – Nearly half of Florida high school students failed the reading portion of the state’s new toughened standardized test, education officials said on Friday. Results this year from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test showed 52 percent of freshman students and 50 percent of sophomores scored at their grade levels. Students [...]

A punitive exit tax on the Facebook expat isn’t worthy of America. May 17, 2012 – WSJ Facebook on Thursday priced the IPO it expects to launch Friday at $38 a share, valuing the social media company at $104 billion. But so much for that welcome sign of confidence in American entrepreneurship and capital markets. [...]