by Jane Richey | Dec 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
One of the tragic legacies of the Great Society is the violence inflicted upon the family as an institution. Through a series actions, calculated or not, the family has been devalued as the bedrock of civil society and replaced with the government acting in loco...
by Jane Richey | Dec 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
One of the key features of Obamacare is the establishment in each state of a health insurance “exchange” (now known by the abbreviation HIX) where customers would be able to purchase insurance policies eligible for federal subsidies. Much to the surprise of the...
by Jane Richey | Dec 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Fairness is a value judgment. In the fight over taxing the rich, those with good values are losing the judgment. They are losing because they have failed to name, and defend, the moral right which ought to define fairness toward all taxpayers: the right to own and to...
by Jane Richey | Dec 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Government, in its anti-wisdom of unreflective compassion, has effectively ordained the unintended consequence of sanctioning and subsidizing the “pigsty.” Why return to the father when one can keep his “pride” and continue eating pods...
by Jane Richey | Dec 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The House Oversight Committee has accused the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of having unchecked power and a vague mandate, giving it the potential to be a “run-away regulator unlike any other in American history.” In a new report issued...
by Jane Richey | Dec 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) on Thursday introduced a bill that would require the Treasury Department to study the viability of raising new federal highway funds by taxing cars for each mile they drive. Blumenauer’s bill, H.R. 6662, is a response to dwindling...
