Data currently available seems to indicate that, even if the tax credit did not fully repair a crippled housing market, it was successful in prompting first-time buyers to consider buying a new home sooner rather than later.

In what some are calling an effort to appease Big Labor before pushing a Universal Health Care agenda that has many up in arms, Obama recently announced a tariff on imported Chinese Tires. While stocks in American tire companies experienced a temporary boost as a result of this announcement, it is questionable whether this decision [...]