by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Baby-boomer retirements are skewing the nation’s unemployment rate, but not enough to disguise a weak economy, according to a new report. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says the slow exit of baby boomers is a factor in the declining jobless rate, and...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The typical American household would have paid nearly all of its income in taxes last year to balance the budget if the government used standard accounting rules to compute the deficit, a USA TODAY analysis finds. Under those accounting practices, the government ran...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
After two years of warnings, Pinal County has been ordered to clean up its air. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared that portions of western Pinal County are violating its coarse-dust standard, which limits the amount of PM-10, particles 10...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Agriculture Department plans to expand American farmers’ access to credit through a new microloan program that offers lower interest rates than credit cards and personal loans. Among other improvements, USDA said it is “adding flexibility to some...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Ahead of a mammoth United Nations sustainability conference in Rio de Janeiro next month, the Brazilian government has signaled a new push to get the U.N.’s top environmental body upgraded – a push long opposed by the United States. Brazil wants to breathe new life...