by Jane Richey | Oct 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In August candidate for Illinois State Senate, District 18, Dr. Barbara Bellar decided to start off a fundraising event in a lighthearted manner . . . so she took on Obamacare and this is what she said: We are going to be gifted with a healthcare plan — We are...
by Jane Richey | Oct 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The actions of one small business may have only a local impact. But when the actions are repeated by thousands of firms across the economy, the consequences can be very large. That is why the recent cautious tone among small-business owners merits attention. Of...
by Jane Richey | Oct 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Obama touted it in 2010 as evidence “manufacturing jobs are coming back to the United States,” but two years later, a Michigan hybrid battery plant built with $150 million in taxpayer funds is putting workers on furlough before a single battery has...
by Jane Richey | Sep 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Chairman Ben Bernanke sent a clear message Friday that the Federal Reserve will do more to “help” the still-struggling U.S. economy. His remarks seemed to leave two questions: What exactly will the Fed do? And when? It’s no longer a matter of “if.” It’s going to...
by Jane Richey | Sep 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Most Americans realize that Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses. But that won’t stop Big Labor’s apologists from seizing the spotlight to demand more power. Fact is, modern unions are built on the legal privileges of compulsion and...
by Jane Richey | Aug 30, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Thelma Taormina keeps a pistol at her Houston-area home to protect against intruders. But one of the last times she used it, she said, was to run off a persistent utility company worker who was trying to replace her old electricity meter with a new digital unit. “This...
