by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2012 | Free Markets
US businesses slowed the pace of hiring in January after a December surge. The January jobs gain was well below the 200,000 new jobs expected by most analysts. The slowdown in hiring was in line with expectations for Friday’s official January labor report. The...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Today President Obama asked members of Congress to back a $5 to $10 billion plan to help homeowners refinance their homes. The program would seek to move homeowners who have been locked out of refinancing into government-backed loans. Nearly 11 million Americans are...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Lawmakers put Indiana on the verge of becoming the Rust Belt’s first right-to-work state, passing legislation Wednesday that prohibits labor contracts requiring workers to pay union representation fees. Indiana will be the first state in a decade to enact a...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Senator Jim DeMint is warning that soon the 50/50 divide between those dependent on the government and those subsidizing their dependency will soon move to 60% dependency and 40% subsidizing. What “dependent” voters will support a candidate that will be a...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
On WMAL radio Mary Katharine Ham grills Chris Matthews over his attacks on supposed tea party violence and subsequent silence on the actual violence in the occupy movement. Matthews gets so frustrated that he finally claims “you guys have a point of view,...
