by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
So far this calendar year, the Federal Reserve has bought up more U.S. government debt than the U.S. Treasury has issued. On Dec. 31, the total debt of the U.S. government was $16.4327 trillion and then-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced that the government had...
by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
In a move intended to intensify pressure on Congress to prevent looming spending cuts set for March 1, White House officials told reporters the cuts would hamper law enforcement, hurt federal education programs, withhold mental health services and furlough thousands...
by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The latest Gallup Poll indicates that many American small-business owners are anything but optimistic when it comes to the way the Obama administration is leading the nation. In fact, they’re downright fearful. According to the recently released Wells...
by Jane Richey | Feb 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
If the Food and Drug Administration gets its way, your trip to the grocery store could get a tad pricier. Supermarket owners argue a pending federal food-labeling rule that stems from the new health care law would overburden thousands of grocers and convenience store...
by Jane Richey | Feb 7, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
President Barack Obama has presided over the weakest multi-year economic recovery since the end of World War II, according to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Since the end of the last recession in June 2009, the economy has grown only 7.5...
