by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
A new Gallup survey found that 46 percent of Americans think the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, will hurt the economy. The same poll found that only 37 percent think the law will help the economy – among Democrats, 20 percent said the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The U.S. government is spending $20 million to “help clean energy projects in Africa get started.” Those projects include wind farms and solar panels, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced at the recent Rio +20 Conference in Brazil. But the government watchdog...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Today’s jobs report is a broken record, with the unemployment rate stuck at 8.2 percent. The Department of Labor reports that only 80,000 jobs were added in June—consistent with other data revealing the economy has downshifted from slow to slower. This picture is...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent. The economy has added just 75,000 jobs a month in the April-June quarter. That’s one-third of 226,000 a month created in the first quarter. Job creation is also trailing...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Several states say they will reject ObamaCare’s expansion of Medicaid, and one expert on the law believes even more states will follow suit. States that are saying ‘no’ to expansion include Wisconsin, Iowa, Louisiana and Florida, which is also...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest of New York City temporarily halted any arrests or detentions that would take place under the terms of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which took effect on July 1. In a 68-page opinion, Judge Forrest wrote, while...
