by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
“Economic freedom is the fundamental right of every human to control his or her own labor and property. In an economically free society, individuals are free to work, produce, consume, and invest in any way they please, with that freedom both protected by the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The chief executive of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday said the “exploding national debt” is the greatest threat to the U.S. economy. U.S. Chamber chief Tom Donohue called for Washington to reach a broad deal to rein in deficits in the coming months, while...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Labor Department’s website includes a database that shows $5,159,629,434 in improper unemployment insurance payments for all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia for the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. The database also shows...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Environmental Protection Agency collected $252 million in civil and criminal penalties in fiscal year 2012 – an all-time record amount, and more than twice the $168 million assessed in fiscal 2011, according to the agency’s annual enforcement results. The agency...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Ethanol and biofuel mandates in the U.S. and Europe are fueling rising hunger in Guatemala, which now has the fourth-highest rate of child malnutrition in the world — higher than in many less developed countries in Africa: With its corn-based diet and proximity to the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 9, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The state of the tea party evokes Mark Twain: Reports of its death were an exaggeration. Tea party activists who say they deliberately sat out the fiscal cliff debate are ready to reassert themselves as Congress and the Obama administration take up the debt ceiling...
