by Jane Richey | Apr 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Denver Post: More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama’s health care law, a nonpartisan research group said Thursday. The rebates should average...
by Jane Richey | Apr 27, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
First Lady Michelle Obama’s vacation in Spain with her daughter Sasha, several friends, their children, and some White House staffers cost U.S. taxpayers at least $467,585, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative public interest group that...
by Jane Richey | Apr 26, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
No Mideast oil. That’s the promise from one U.S. oil company, United Refining Company. When drivers pull up to its pumps, they fill their tank with gasoline that is refined from 100 percent North American crude, which means oil that only originates from the U.S....
by Jane Richey | Apr 25, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
April 29 marks the third year in which the U.S. Senate has not passed a budget — a staggering dereliction of duty, particularly given the country’s near-$16 trillion debt. But that’s not the Senate’s only blockbuster failure under the leadership of Majority Leader...
by Jane Richey | Apr 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Without swift policy changes, America faces unprecedented government spending, debt and taxation in 2013. While tax revenue levels have been low for the past few years as America struggled to recover from the recession, they areset to explode past 20 percent of the...
by Jane Richey | Apr 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The U.S. Treasury Department’s own Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, on Wednesday contradicted a previous Treasury statement that the bank bailout program was profitable. In its quarterly report to Congress, the Special Inspector...