by Jane Richey | Feb 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
In fiscal year 2011, the U.S. government spent $910 billion on 70 means-tested programs, which comes to an average of $9,000 per year on every lower-income person in the United States. Among the major programs from which the poor receive benefits are Temporary...
by Jane Richey | Feb 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
There are no quick fixes to the nation’s eneergy problem, the president said, dismissing Republican calls for more drilling as a “bumper sticker.” “We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that’s...
by Jane Richey | Feb 24, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
With budgets tighter than ever, cities across America are increasingly looking for more free labor. Nowhere is that trend more evident than Yakima, Wash. “More and more every year, a large part of what we do is volunteers,” says Archie Matthews, Yakima’s director of...
by Jane Richey | Feb 24, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Often when a city starts talking about using eminent domain powers to seize private property, the owners of that property claim they’re being cheated. But in Allentown, Pa., questions are being raised over whether the city actually paid too much for a string of...
by Jane Richey | Feb 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
A Wall Street Journal investigation into the relationship between job-creation claims by the Obama administration and stimulus money targeted toward the development and expansion of our nation’s “green” energy sector has revealed an apparent disconnect between...
by Jane Richey | Feb 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
“It cuts tax rates even further for manufacturers that are creating new products and manufacturing goods here in America. Finally, because no company should be able to avoid paying its fair share of taxes by moving jobs and profits overseas, this framework includes a...
