by Jane Richey | Nov 21, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Over the past several weeks, the overall stock market has resembled a roller coaster — down up, down up and then a quick drop. That is the case no matter which major market index we look at. The only real difference among the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P...
by Jane Richey | Nov 20, 2012 | Agenda 21
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has shuttered its Center on Climate Change and National Security, an office created in 2009 to serve as the “focal point” of the agency’s work on the topic. CIA spokesman Todd Ebitz said the agency’s work on climate change has...
by Jane Richey | Nov 20, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Pennsylvanians will face billions of dollars in higher taxes unless Congress acts by the end of the year to defuse a threatening combination of tax increases and spending cuts contained in the so-called “fiscal cliff.” A recent report by the state’s Independent Fiscal...
by Jane Richey | Nov 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
THE FISCAL CLIFF: Fresh off a meeting of the National Governors Association, where the combination of mandatory spending cuts and tax increases was a topic of discussion, Corbett said he finds the prospect “frightening,” because it means the potential loss...
by Jane Richey | Nov 20, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Poverty. It’s the excuse for nearly every government spending program. Help the poor. Tax the Rich. Get the 1%. How dare they get so wealthy while everyone else suffers! And what is the preferred way to eliminate poverty? Redistribution of wealth. It is the force...
