by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WS): “The United States tax code is a mess. We’ve got to get out of the game of Washington picking winners and losers through the tax code. These special interest loopholes end up rewarding a few while raising taxes on everyone...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
The IRS is paying out billions of dollars in fraudulent tax refunds to identity thieves; a problem that the tax service’s inspector general told CNBC is a “growing problem” involving numbers that are increasing “exponentially.” In a new report to be issued Thursday,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
On Thursday, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and blasted the show’s panel for misrepresenting the principles of the Tea Party, saying they just don’t “get it.” He also gave the panel a solid history lesson on the Constitution after at least...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Despite all the Sturm und Drang about equal rights, ending prejudice, and transcending the final frontier of the civil rights movement, the homosexual “marriage” movement is essentially just a pitch for another welfare program. Yes, insecure LGBT activists want the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Congressman Steve LaTourette, a moderate Republican who recently announced his retirement, told reporters that a modified version of the Simpson-Bowles debt plan is ready to drop immediately after the November election. The original Simpson-Bowles plan resulted from...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The House approved GOP legislation late Wednesday that would extend all current tax rates for another year, and also turned away a Democratic bill that would have allowed rates to rise for higher income earners. The Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act was...
