by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Debt is the surest and shortest path to a global economy. Punishing all actors in local economies but those who are “too big to fail” empowers “too big to fail” systems and “too big to fail” economies. Encouraging debt and the eventual assumption of debt passed on and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Best States for Business The Tax Foundation recently released their index of states providing the friendliest tax climates for business and states which need to work on their hospitality. Looking at five areas of taxation impacting business (corporate taxes,...
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
American International Group (A.I.G), the recipient of the largest federal bailout ever, is suing the U.S. for a tax overpayment, according to media reports. The insurance giant, which collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis, says it is owed $30.2 million in...
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...
