by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Jamie Dimon, the president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, told the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee last week that his bank took Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds back in 2008 only “because we were asked to” by the Treasury Secretary. Dimon got...
by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The State Department’s top climate change diplomat says next week’s United Nations green development conference in Brazil is a high priority for U.S. officials even though President Obama isn’t showing up. Heads of state from over 100 nations are slated to...
by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
In addition to the numerous other regulations affecting the transportation and energy industries, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues regulations governing tailpipe emissions from qualifying vehicles. In 1999 EPA announced its so-called Tier 2regulatory...
by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Leading proponents of “leveling” are preparing to descend on Brazil for the upcoming Rio+20 Earth Summit, hosted by the United Nations, and one of the items on the menu will be a re-valuation of the UN’s muddled Integrated Water Resources Management...
by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The President and his team have been blaming “European headwinds” for some of the U.S. economy’s woes. But the truth is that the policies pursued by Washington and Athens are frighteningly similar—and the outcomes are not good for either country. Both countries are in...
