by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Congress risks taking the economy over a “massive fiscal cliff,” Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned lawmakers on Wednesday. In remarks that hit Wall Street stock prices, the central bank boss suggested the economy could hit a serious roadblock if Congress...
by Jane Richey | Feb 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
With the national average of gas prices hitting $3.65 a gallon, nearing $6 in some parts of the country, and poised to head even higher, America’s families are wondering when the bleeding at the pump will stop. But for Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu, those steep...
by Jane Richey | Feb 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
New York Timesbestselling author says the whole political spectrum has shifted to the left, with today’s Republican Party looking like the Democrats of old. Karl Rove has been one of the most outspoken members of the so-called Republican establishment, and...
by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
This November 4, 1949 Poem – Ode to the Welfare State appeared in the Daily News out of the Borough of Manhattan, New York! Wow, I wonder if anything like that would come out of Manhattan...
by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Workers who invest privately over time will retire with higher incomes than those who rely exclusively on benefits from Social Security, according to a new study from the CATO Institute. “If workers who retired in 2011 had been allowed to invest the employee half of...
by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2012 | Alerts, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
While 2012 remains a critical year in terms of a national conservative movement to take back the White House, in Pennsylvania, 2012 marks growing resistance to traditional efforts on the part of its GOP leadership to control the outcome of primary elections....
