by Jane Richey | Feb 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Welfare programs make up about 40 percent of the state budget. While it’s unclear how much money is being saved by the cuts locally, some of those cuts already affect children receiving services from county agencies in Berks. Since August, Welfare Department...
by Jane Richey | Feb 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
In 2004, during the debate over whether to legalize gambling in Pennsylvania, Gov. Ed Rendell predicted that slot machine revenue one day would be able to cut school property taxes by an average of 23 percent. About 71/2 years and 10 casinos later, many homeowners...
by Jane Richey | Feb 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
State Secretary of Public Welfare Gary Alexander said the state will increase the initially proposed $2,000 limit on the value of assets to $5,500 for “able-bodied” households. The initially proposed $3,250 limit for recipients age 60 and older and those...
by Jane Richey | Feb 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Actually the House has repealed Obamacare in its entirety, but needless to say the Democrat-controlled Congress has not advanced that particular bill! Now, the US House has voted 267-159 for the bill that would terminate the Community Living Assistance...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Attorney General Tom Corbett joined many of his fellow attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Obamacare. The lawsuit contended that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act infringes upon the constitutional rights of the residents of states by forcing...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
On a recent Uncommon Knowledge, constitutional scholars Richard Epstein and John Yoo have a feisty conversation with Peter Robinson on the likelihood of the Supreme Court striking down Obamacare, its political implications, and the general rule of law in our country....
