by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
From the CBO: Many people would like to work but have not searched for a job in the past four weeks, or are working part-time but would prefer full-time work. If those people were counted among the unemployed, the unemployment rate in January 2012 would have been...
by Jane Richey | Feb 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The CBO writes that America’s unemployment rate has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making this the longest stretch of high unemployment since the Great Depression. To make matters worse, unemployment will remain above 8 percent until 2014. And the level of...
by Jane Richey | Feb 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told skeptical Republican senators Tuesday that it is simply not possible to correct the nation’s fiscal problems without raising taxes. Geithner defended President Obama’s 2013 budget proposal before the Senate Finance Committee...
by Jane Richey | Feb 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
You don’t need to log on to President Barack Obama’s Facebook page to find out who his friends are, and you don’t need to read tea leaves, gaze into a crystal ball, or consult a psychic to learn where his priorities lie. No, you only have to take a look at his 2013...
by Jane Richey | Feb 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
“As both the stimulus and our overseas military operations wind down, taxpayers would expect federal expenditures linked to these activities to wind down too” said NTUF Senior Policy Analyst Demian Brady. “Yet, the President’s budget only provides a short breather...
by Jane Richey | Feb 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The 2013 budget promises $3 trillion in deficit cuts over 10 years, mostly through $1.5 trillion in new taxes and $800 billion in savings counted from the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of the savings would be pumped back into the economy, as Obama’s...
