by Jane Richey | Apr 4, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The number of Americans receiving “free” government benefits has soared, and this expansion seems unstoppable even as the economy recovers (see here and here). Less obvious than the depressing numbers is how this assistance inculcates a dependency...
by Jane Richey | Apr 4, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
Governor Tom Corbett revealed that he is seeking information about the idea a day after meeting with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about an expansion of Medicaid that’s called for under the 2010 federal health overhaul. Some...
by Jane Richey | Apr 3, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
According to the Washington Post, the Obama administration is pushing big banks to make more home loans available to Americans with bad credit – the same kind of government guidance that helped blow up the housing market: In response, administration officials say...
by Jane Richey | Apr 3, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics, Uncategorized
Food stamp fraud has more than doubled since Barack Obama took office in 2009. In 2011, according to the USDA, food stamp fraud was approximately $750 million. The type of fraud noted was derived from selling Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits...
by Jane Richey | Apr 3, 2013 | Agenda 21
If you want to know what a carbon tax on emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) would do to America you need only look at the destruction of industry and business in Australia, along with the soaring costs for energy use it imposes on anyone there. “The carbon tax is...
