by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Is the U.S. economy in a recession right now? Has the next recession in the United States already begun? Unfortunately, there are a lot of economic numbers that are pointing in that direction. U.S. retail sales have fallen for three months in a row, U.S....
by Jane Richey | Jul 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Six of the 17 countries that use the euro currency are in recession. The U.S. economy is struggling again. And the economic superstars of the developing world _ China, India and Brazil _ are in no position to come to the rescue. They’re slowing, too. The...
by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is questioning the Obama administration’s authority to immediately provide federal firefighters with health insurance. In a letter Friday, Coburn asked the Office of Personal Management (OPM) to defend the decision with a legal analysis...
by Jane Richey | Jul 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Has your bank raised its fees or stopped offering free checking accounts in the last couple of years? If so, you can thank the regulatory boondoggle that is the Dodd-Frank financial law. Since its passage two years ago tomorrow, the number of large banks that offer...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
he number of displaced workers has risen dramatically since the start of the Great Recession, and this year a third of them had to raid retirement savings to make ends meet. Making matters worse, many who have lost their jobs have defaulted on 401(k) loans, causing...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
As school districts look at their budgets this year — without the temporary ‘stimulus’ money– many are finding they would have been better off in the long run to have made the tough decisions in 2009 rather than accept temporary relieve from...
