by Jane Richey | Mar 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
For several hundred years, a consensus developed in Western nations that economic growth – human progress – is a good thing. But now economic growth is under attack. Economic growth has meant more jobs, higher incomes, more wealth and all the good things that become...
by Jane Richey | Mar 5, 2012 | Politics
Ron Paul fares better among those who aren’t tea party supporters. In Arizona, where he took 8 percent of the vote overall, he won 8 percent among those who are neutral about the tea party and 21 percent among those who oppose the movement. A look at Ohio polling...
by Jane Richey | Mar 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
President Barack Obama last month put forward a plan to cut the corporate tax rate while also closing many loopholes and ending some tax breaks. His plan included proposals to eliminate tax subsidies for oil and gas companies and the carried interest tax break for...
by Jane Richey | Mar 5, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
A small, bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the House and Senate are secretly drafting deficit grand bargain legislation that cuts entitlements and raises new revenue. The core House group of roughly 10 negotiators is derived from a larger Gang of 100 lawmakers led...
by Jane Richey | Mar 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan said his agency wants to encourage more principal write-downs to keep people in their homes, even when those loans are backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “There is increasing data available, we...