by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Business and farm groups are making a determined effort to rein in the estate tax before it expands significantly at the end of the year. Thanks to a deal approved in late 2010, the estate tax is among a long list of fiscal issues awaiting action from Congress,...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A new blend of gasoline comprising 15 percent ethanol, approved by the Environmental Protection Agency last month and now available in Kansas, could damage automobile engines, the Kansas Petroleum Council is warning. “We don’t have a problem with ethanol,” council...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The movie’s premise is simple: a Susquehanna County mom, concerned about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, goes on a cross-country journey to determine whether the warnings raised by Josh Fox’s “Gasland” are legitimate. Except…it’s a bit more complicated...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
From PoliticsPA: The Sierra Club has launched a new television ad in the Scranton media market criticizing Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Luzerne) for the failure to act on the renewal of the production tax credit for wind energy. The production tax credit provides support for...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Instead of rallying together to fight the Obama Administration’s backdoor environmental regulations, which have exorbitant costs and minimal benefit, some conservative organizations are working with liberal groups to push costs higher by piling on a carbon tax. This...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The outlook for the U.S. economy appeared dimmer Monday after a report that Americans spent less at retail businesses for a third straight month in June. The report led some economists to downgrade their estimates for economic growth in the April-June quarter. Many...
