by Jane Richey | Nov 16, 2012 | Events
VCTPP will meet on Saturday, Nov. 24 at Kings Restaurant at 9:00 a.m. Those wanting breakfast, please come at 8:00 a.m. This meeting will be one of venting and regrouping. Knowing we all are frustrated and discouraged, hopefully we will be able to encourage one...
by Jane Richey | Nov 16, 2012 | Free Markets
Thousands of members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union went on strike last week after rejecting in September a contract offer that cut wages and benefits. Hostess said Friday the company is unprofitable “under its...
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...
