Mar 19

Report card: Most transparent administration ever receives a C- in transparency

DOJ receives a D.
The day after President Barack Obama took office, he circulated a memo to his executive agencies that urged administration officials to “adopt a presumption in favor of disclosure.” “Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency,” Obama said at the time. Since then, the administration has touted

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Feb 13

Comparing Unemployment Rate Projections in President Obama’s First and Current Budget

Are You Now (or Will You Become) One of the 28 Million Unemployed the Administration Missed?
The table below displays unemployment rate projections in (1) President Obama’s first budget in February 2009, and (2) President Obama’s current budget, released today.

Significantly, as the Administration’s budget documents in 2009 noted, their projections then incorporated the effects of the Administration’s trillion-dollar February 2009 stimulus plan, which the President said will “save or create at least three and a half million jobs, and help to revive our economy.”  As the Administration’s current figures confirm, however, that stimulus plan has [...]

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