by Jane Richey | Dec 19, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
As of Oct. 31, the U.S. government owed $5,482,200,000,000 to foreign interests, according to the Treasury. That was up from $5,476,200,000 as of Sept. 30. The foreign debt of the U.S. government equaled $47,482 for each of the 115,459,000 full-time workers (including...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Voting Issues
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who halted photo ID laws in South Carolina and Texas before the November election, suggested on Tuesday in Boston that the United States should consider adopting “automatic” voter registration. This essentially would mean that...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Agenda 21
The Department of Energy has announced $20 million dollars to fund two to four projects combining solar power with existing fossil fuel plants. The hybrid power plants will use “concentrating solar power” to help generate electricity and reduce harmful air emissions....
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Recent decisions by the Obama Administration concerning the health care exchanges and Medicaid expansion underscore what a risky proposition the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is for the states. Congress presumed in PPACA (Obamacare) that the...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Republican leaders have done it once again. Their latest fiscal cliff proposal capitulates on core conservative principles, yielding woefully inadequate concessions from President Obama in the process. Will they ever learn? The...
