by Jane Richey | Apr 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
“Our fiscal commitments are unsustainable over the long run, but we cannot put our long-run fiscal challenges above all others,” Geithner told the Economic Club of Chicago on Wednesday. “We have to be willing to do things, not just cut things.” Geithner has called the...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Brace yourself. In a mere 271 days, you and your fellow Americans will be hit with a tax hike the likes of which this country has never seen. The Washington Post aptly called the unprecedented $494 billion tax hike “Taxmageddon,” and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Hard-charging conservative lawmakers and greater Republican ranks helped to boost pro-Taxpayer Scores for both the House and Senate, but even they had a hard time overcoming the tax-and-spend crowd in Washington, according to the 362,000-member National Taxpayers...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
President Obama said this week that if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — popularly referred to as “ObamaCare” — is ruled unconstitutional by the high court, it would amount to an overreach by an “unelected” court....
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The notion that President Obama is trying to fire up his “base,” as he prepares for a re-election campaign, raises the question of what constitutes his base. It is becoming increasingly clear that the “workers” he is supposedly concerned about are going to be...
by Jane Richey | Apr 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Democratic officials Wednesday launched a two-pronged attack on states with new laws requiring identification before voting, the highlight being a call to boycott Coke, Walmart and others that back a leading organization pushing for voter ID laws. Coke was quick to...
