by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Recent coverage has shed light on Obama’s connections to two individuals specifically: Steve Westly and John Doerr. The latter is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm whose portfolio includes16 recipients of federal...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
he number of displaced workers has risen dramatically since the start of the Great Recession, and this year a third of them had to raid retirement savings to make ends meet. Making matters worse, many who have lost their jobs have defaulted on 401(k) loans, causing...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Obama administration unveiled plans Wednesday to create an elite corps of master teachers, a $1 billion effort to boost U.S. students’ achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The program to reward high-performing teachers with salary...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that food stamps and unemployment insurance are the two “most stimulative” t things you can do for the economy. During a pen and pad briefing with reporters on Capitol Hill, Hoyer was asked if any...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
As school districts look at their budgets this year — without the temporary ‘stimulus’ money– many are finding they would have been better off in the long run to have made the tough decisions in 2009 rather than accept temporary relieve from...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his annual address to Congress on Tuesday, and he did very little to give lawmakers much confidence about where the U.S. economy is heading. Bernanke told members of Congress that recent economic data points...
