by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
With trivial exceptions, Washington does not run schools, employ teachers, buy textbooks, write curriculum, hand out diplomas, or decide who gets promoted to 5th grade. Historically, it has contributed less than 10 percent of national K-12 spending. So its influence...
by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Citizens Against Government Waste “Pig Book” is now available. The Congressional Pig Book is CAGW’s annual compilation of the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. A “pork” project is a line-item in an appropriations bill that...
by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Events
Tuesday, May 8, 6:30-8:00 pm. — First Assembly of God, 1455 North Keel Ridge Road, Hermitage, PA 16148. Katy Abram, Policy Director of Americans for Prosperity, will be talking about how activists can use social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook, to...
by Jane Richey | Apr 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The House on Friday approved a controversial bill that extends low interest rates on subsidized student loans for another year, but pays for that extension by killing a piece of the 2010 healthcare law, which prompted a veto threat from President Obama Friday morning....
by Jane Richey | Apr 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Another more sinister and costly doubling has taken hold, and it doesn’t just affect students or grads. The steadily-increasing price of gasoline has threatened to derail what we are told is a rebounding economy. As an ever-larger percentage of the household...
