by Jane Richey | Aug 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
President Obama on Saturday called on lawmakers to pass legislation to help cash-strapped state and local governments hire teachers and said Republican budget cuts would set back America’s education system. In his weekly address, Obama noted the coming start of the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Replacing Obamacare won’t be enough, according to a free-market economist — the U.S. needs real health-care change, starting with Health Savings Accounts. Although congressional Republicans talk about their commitment to repeal the Affordable Care Act, economist...
by Jane Richey | Aug 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
The money the U.S. government owes to foreign entities rose to a record $5.2923 trillion in June, according to data released by the U.S. Treasury Wednesday afternoon. In May, the U.S. Treasury had owed $5.2581 trillion to foreign entities. On net, in June, the U.S....
by Jane Richey | Aug 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The wind production tax credit is set to expire at the end of this year, which has the industry crying out for continued subsidies. Heritage’s Nicolas Loris has made the case that the wind energy tax credit makes as much sense as a VHS production tax credit. Can you...
by Jane Richey | Aug 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The Labor Department announced on Monday that it will be awarding almost $100 million in grant funding to states to prevent layoffs by allowing businesses to pay employees as part-time workers and the federal government will pick up the tab for the cost of a full-time...
by Jane Richey | Aug 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama said in 2009 that the Medicare cuts he signed as part of his Obamacare health reform law would never be repealed, noting that nearly one-third of the bill’s funding came from cutting Medicare. In a November 2009 interview with ABC News’ Jake...
