by Jane Richey | Dec 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
James Madison was very adamant that the power of the purse be preserved in the body of government that is closest to the people – the House of Representatives – as a way to redress all grievances against harmful government interventions. We have a law that is...
by Jane Richey | Dec 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. government sold its last shares of automaker General Motors Co (GM.N) on Monday, marking an end to a historic bailout of one of America’s most storied companies. The sale leaves taxpayers short about $10 billion of the funds that the Treasury sank into the...
by Jane Richey | Nov 29, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
In Washington, members of the budget conference committee are considering several options that could increase spending by up to an additional $100 billion. What’s standing in their way is sequestration: the automatic spending cut mechanism President Obama signed into...
by Jane Richey | Nov 22, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Pennsylvania motorists will feel the cost of the state’s new transportation-funding plan at the gas pump and the driver’s license center. And if motorists run a stop sign or let their insurance lapse, they will pay more. A typical driver can expect to pay...
by Jane Richey | Nov 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
At 6:17 this evening in a 113 to 85 vote the House passed the Corbett transportation/gas tax hike bill. Lee James again voted for the bill. Last night Senator Scott Hutchinson voted against the same...
by Jane Richey | Nov 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Health Care
Many GOP governors have been criticized for refusing to participate in the wild and ill-conceived expansion of the Medicaid program under Obamacare. There is good reason. While the expansion is underwritten by the Federal government in the near term, in the out years...
