by Jane Richey | Dec 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
And what, according to every semi-rational conception of mankind the world has ever known, is a man who has no claim on the product of his labor, on his effort, his time, or, as naturally follows, on his own life? The answer would have been self-evident to every man,...
by Jane Richey | Dec 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
There’s not much amusing about this Gallup poll, but there is something that shows people who support fiscal responsibility whom they are arguing against: while 88% like “free enterprise,” 53% see “socialism” favorably. Come again? Socialism is directly opposed to...
by Jane Richey | Dec 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Under pressure from lawmakers, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has changed its school lunch requirements to allow more meats and grains. Several farm-state senators from both parties had been pushing USDA to change its school lunch requirements, saying it left...
by Jane Richey | Dec 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
An author and commentator says there are “no benefits” to tougher air pollution standards from the Environmental Protection Agency. The standards, expected later this month, involve small soot, dust and other particulate matter known as PM2.5. According to...
by Jane Richey | Dec 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
At an event on Capitol Hill to discuss how the U.S. State Department is helping small businesses in Latin America, the Washington director of a U.N. economic commission on Latin America said average annual growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in that region in 2011...
by Jane Richey | Dec 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The unemployment rate for civilian government workers plunged from 4.2 percent in October to 3.8 percent in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as government added 35,000 to its taxpayer-funded payrolls during the month. In October, federal, state...
