by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The CBO has extended its cost estimates for President Obama’s health care law out to 2022, taking in more years of full implementation, and showing that the bill is substantially more expensive — twice as much as the original $900 billion price tag. The...
by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
As many as 20 million Americans could lose their employer-provided coverage because of President Obama’s healthcare reform law, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new report. The figure represents the worst-case scenario, CBO says, and the law...
by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
In a notice released on Wednesday, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor noted that it has long supported global programs that “advance the rights and uphold the dignity” of the most vulnerable populations. “In order to formalize this focus, effective March...
by Jane Richey | Mar 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
With Wednesday’s payday drawing near for the Chester Upland School District’s teachers, Pennsylvania’s education secretary has a plan to keep the district afloat for a few more months. Chester Upland officials have been warning that the district is...
by Jane Richey | Mar 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Changing Pennsylvania’s property tax system should be paired with spending reforms, or else it’s not effective, said the top Republican on the House Finance Committee. “If you don’t discuss the cost side of the equation, finding new sources of revenue is just a dog...
by Jane Richey | Mar 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The state House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a measure this afternoon to decrease the state’s debt limit for an economic development program. The proposal, introduced by House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Bradford Woods, would decrease the...
