by Jane Richey | Nov 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
If Americans under the age of 18 were required as a group to pay off the entirety of the federal government’s debt in equal shares, each would now need to pay about $218,676. That is more than the $130,468 average price tag for four years at a private college or the...
by Jane Richey | Nov 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Placement in jobs retained more than six months through a $500 million Labor Department green-jobs training program is falling 84 percent short of its goal, according to a report released Friday. The Labor inspector general audit offered a bleak picture of one of...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The White House is weighing the idea of a tax cut that it believes would lift Americans’ take-home pay and boost a still-struggling economy, according to people familiar with the administration’s thinking, as the presidential candidates continue battling over whose...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Obama Administration’s disregard for the law has struck again—and this time, it’s encouraging others to violate the law at taxpayer expense. That’s worth saying again: The Obama Administration is encouraging people to violate a law, and promising that it will use...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The “fiscal cliff” is still two months off, but the scheduled blast of tax hikes and spending cuts is already reverberating through the U.S. economy, hampering growth and, according to a new study, wiping out nearly 1 million jobs this year alone. The report,...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The number of American workers collecting federal disability insurance benefits hit yet another record high in October, according to the Social Security Administration. This month 8,803,335 disabled workers are collecting benefits, up from the previous record of...