by Jane Richey | Feb 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Under the revised plan, a household must have no more than $5,500 in eligible assets, and the limit is $9,000 for a household with an elderly or disabled member. Like most other states, Pennsylvania currently has no asset test, but the income limit of 160 percent or...
by Jane Richey | Feb 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Actually the House has repealed Obamacare in its entirety, but needless to say the Democrat-controlled Congress has not advanced that particular bill! Now, the US House has voted 267-159 for the bill that would terminate the Community Living Assistance...
by Jane Richey | Feb 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
“In the last three years, we’ve worked hard to get out of this mess and we’ve made some remarkable progress,” the first lady told a group of about 135 supporters at a private campaign event for her husband. Not sure where she’s currently...
by Jane Richey | Feb 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
“In particular, between 2012 and 2014, revenues in CBO’s baseline shoot up by more than 30 percent,” said the Congressional Budget Office, “mostly because of the recent or scheduled expirations of tax provisions, such as those that lower income tax rates and limit the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Congressional Budget Office projects that the national debt under President Obama’s policies will rise to $21.665 trillion by 2022, according to its updated budget outlook. The updated outlook, released Tuesday, found that current Obama administration policies will...