by Jane Richey | Nov 16, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
In a 74-page report entitled ‘Department of Everything,’ Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) outlined how $67.8 billion dollars can be saved by cutting non-defense spending at the Department of Defense, including $6 million on researching the science behind storytelling,...
by Jane Richey | Nov 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Governors across the country still mulling whether to plan their own health care marketplaces or turn the process over to the feds recently received an extension. They now have until mid-December to submit a so-called blueprint for how the federally-mandated health...
by Jane Richey | Nov 14, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
With the artificially low interest rates promoted by the Federal Reserve with Quantitative Easing and Operation Twist, there are winners and losers as well. By the Fed’s own admission, the purpose of the current monetary policy is to significantly reduce...
by Jane Richey | Nov 14, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Last week, Boehner proposed raising “revenues,” but not “rates”–the same position he took during negotiations on raising the debt ceiling in the summer of 2011. Then, Boehner had agreed on raising revenues by $800 billion–all...
by Jane Richey | Nov 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
President Obama has won reelection, and his administration has asked state officials to decide by Friday, November 16, whether their state will create one of Obamacare’s health-insurance “exchanges.” States also have to decide whether to implement the law’s massive...
