Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement on the latest job numbers: “There is little that can be learned about the direction of the economy from the tepid April unemployment report.  The modest job growth combined with the lowest labor participation rate since 1981 may be the new normal under Obama policies that punish job [...]

By Kevin Mooney – With Obamacare set to go into effect this coming January, the small-and medium sized business that typically create most of the new jobs will be at a severe disadvantage. That’s because the new federal health care law includes provisions that discourage companies from growing their operations to the point where they have over 49 employees. Once [...]

By Rick Manning — Time to update the infamous Lizzie Borden poem to reflect the modern day version of what Elizabeth Warren did to coal mine workers’ health care benefits: Lizzie Warren took an axe, and gave coal pensioners forty whacks. And when she saw what she had done, she gave their health care forty one. Lizzie Warren is a [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Here, in a nutshell, is what several astute commentators on the right, including George Will, Charles Krauthammer, and others have told readers in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare: Associate Justice John Roberts would have ruled to strike down the federal health care law, but Chief Justice John Roberts felt an institutional obligation [...]

By Bill Wilson — Now that the Supreme Court has ruled to uphold Obamacare, vastly expanding the taxing powers of Congress to now compel behavior to enter into commerce or engage in other activities, the fallout is being seen everywhere. “It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.” That’s how Chief Justice [...]

Chief Justice Roberts sides with left-wing justices to uphold the ObamaCare mandate as constitutional. From the majority opinion on the mandate: Our precedent demonstrates that Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A under the taxing power, and that Section 5000A need not be read to do more than impose a tax. This is sufficient to sustain [...]

By Kevin Mooney — In just a few hours, business owners will know whether or not they need to confront insurance mandates included as part of President Obama’s health care plan. Under the legislation, employers with more than 50 workers must offer “minimum essential insurance” or succumb to a fine that amounts to $2,000 per worker beginning in 2014. The [...]

By Frank McCaffrey — ObamaCareWatcher.org’s John Vinci explains what will happen to ObamaCare should a part of it be removed. Plus, he explains what could happen to the jobs picture if ObamaCare is dropped completely. Reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story.

NRD Editor’s Note: This is the last of three articles examining three potential outcomes of the upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare’s constitutionality. On Tuesday, we examined what happens if the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare in its entirety. Yesterday, we examined what happens if it is overturned only in part. Today, we look to what happens if the individual mandate [...]

NRD Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of a multi-part series. Click here to read part 1, What happens if the Supreme Court overturns ObamaCare? By John Vinci — This is the second of three articles examining three potential outcomes of the upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare’s constitutionality.  Yesterday we examined what happens if the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare [...]