by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
A federal government that is $15.6 trillion in debt is currently using its “bully pulpit” to run 16 different programs to teach citizens “financial literacy,” according to the Government Accountability Office, the accounting agency of the U.S. Congress. Previously,...
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 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...
by Jane Richey | Apr 28, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The environmental agenda has been infected by extremism—it’s become an economic suicide pact. And we’re here to challenge it. On Earth Day, visit http://freemarketamerica.org/ Check out this video on You Tube! Click...
by Jane Richey | Apr 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
You know a politician is looking for applause when he speaks in front of a crowd of college students and says he’s there to help them pay back their student loans. After all, who doesn’t like the prospect of free money? But as the saying (sort of) goes, beware of...
