by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Great video. It’s a couple years old, but the message has not changed! “We the People” sends a message to President Obama. Click...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Gas prices have surged in recent weeks and analysts predict they’ll keep rising, creating fresh openings for GOP attacks against President Obama that had waned when prices dropped sharply. The nationwide average for regular gasoline is $3.60-per-gallon, a 24-cent rise...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Subsidies to businesses in the federal budget in Fiscal Year 2012 cost taxpayers almost $100 billion, according to a new repor tfrom the Cato Institute. “That includes direct and indirect subsidies to small businesses, large corporations, and industry organizations,”...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Federal policies promoting ethanol are inefficient at any time, but they are particularly harmful to consumers in the midst of a severe drought. The EPA’s schedule of minimum targets for ethanol in the nation’s fuel mix, has caused some 40 percent of the nation’s corn...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
“The Bank of Washington continues to help us!” bragged Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet in emails released last week. An investigation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee revealed that Solyndra—the solar company that went under, taking more than $600 million in...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WS): “The United States tax code is a mess. We’ve got to get out of the game of Washington picking winners and losers through the tax code. These special interest loopholes end up rewarding a few while raising taxes on everyone...