by Jane Richey | May 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The State House voted Wednesday to approve a constitutional amendment that would give municipalities the power to exclude homesteads from property taxes. Current rules allow for only 50 percent of the median assessment of a farmstead or homestead to be excluded. A...
by Jane Richey | May 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Today, President Obama’s re-election campaign is pushing the fact that America has seen 26 consecutive months of tepid job growth. This is hardly an impressive figure. From September 2003 to December 2007, George W. Bush oversaw 52 consecutive months of job growth....
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Paul Ryan shocked the gentle souls at Georgetown University when he traveled up to their campus last Thursday and said: “We believe that Social Security legislation, now billed as a great victory for the poor and for the worker, is a great defeat for...
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Some parents are calling school officials in Colorado “food Nazis” after they announced a ban on all sweets, including cupcakes, candy bars and even birthday cakes – unless the cakes are made with district-approved recipes. School officials in Greeley, CO advised...
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The United States spends more on health care than 12 other industrialized countries, a new Commonwealth Fund study finds – but that doesn’t mean this country’s care is any better. The U.S. spent nearly $8,000 per person for health care services in 2009, the study...
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A Department of Health and Human Services-designed presentation on ObamaCare makes no mention of some of the law’s most controversial elements, including the individual mandate, tax penalties, and cuts to Medicare. Published Wednesday on the website BuzzFeed, the...
