Tag: State of the Union

Destroying Jobs to Save Them

Few poor workers will benefit from minimum wage hikes, economists say

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AP

President Barack Obama called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour during his State of the Union despite concerns from some economists that it would deflate an already weak economic recovery.

BOORING

State of the Union delivers laundry list for the left

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AP

President Barack Obama delivered a longwinded and leftwing State of the Union in which he advocated in favor of increased taxes, widespread “reforms” to the nation’s gun laws, minimum wage increases, and immigration policy.

North Korea Threatens More Nuclear Tests, Missile Firings

Obama calls underground blast ‘provocative’ but limits reaction to diplomatic response

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AP

A defiant communist regime in North Korea threatened to conduct two additional nuclear tests plus more missile firings following its underground nuclear test that Pyongyang claims involved a missile warhead-sized weapon.