by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
In a sign that the employment picture remains weak, 4.4 million people reported being permanently out of work in July, according to government figures. That number has remained abnormally high since the recession ended three years ago. While the total number of...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, but the national unemployment rate jumped to 8.3 percent. July’s hiring was the best since February. Still, the economy has added an average of 151,000 jobs a month this year, roughly the same as last year’s pace....
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Despite all the Sturm und Drang about equal rights, ending prejudice, and transcending the final frontier of the civil rights movement, the homosexual “marriage” movement is essentially just a pitch for another welfare program. Yes, insecure LGBT activists want the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Today, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced the “Managed Carbon Price Act of 2012″ (MCP), a bill imposing a tax on carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from producers of coal, oil, and natural gas, refineries, and other covered sources. The MCP...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A congressional report concluded Friday that “political pressure” by a White House eager to tout stimulus spending was largely to blame for fast-tracking the ill-fated $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee — findings compounded by the release of an...
