by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Thanks to a large draw down in the federal government’s cash on hand and to the “extraordinary measures” that the Treasury is currently taking to avoid surpassing the legal limit on the federal debt, the federal deficit and the federal debt actually went in...
by Jane Richey | Jun 17, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Governor Corbett’s fiscal year 2013-14 budget proposal includes a tax reform package aimed at “improving Pennsylvania’s tax climate by reducing tax burdens that inhibit job creation and economic growth.” The centerpiece of this proposal is a...
by Jane Richey | Jun 17, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
From the Heritage Foundation: Remember the debt? That $17 trillion problem? Some in Washington seem to think it’s gone away. The Washington Post reported that “the national debt is no longer growing out of control.” Lawmakers and liberal inside-the-Beltway...
by Jane Richey | Jun 14, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration revealed in a recently released audit report that in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 more than 1,000 Internal Revenue Service employees misused government charge cards issued by Citibank. The report said that during the...
by Jane Richey | Jun 14, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The IRS is looking to hire a “diversity and inclusion” specialist, with a minimum salary of $123,758 a year.The opening for a full-time “Supervisory Diversity and Inclusion Specialist” at the agency’s national headquarters in Washington, D.C. was announced on June 11...
by Jane Richey | Jun 7, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The unemployment rate for government workers rose for the first time since January, standing at 3.8 percent in May, up from 3.3 percent in April. But at the same time, the total number of government workers in the United States increased by 92,000. There were...
