by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The outlook for the U.S. economy appeared dimmer Monday after a report that Americans spent less at retail businesses for a third straight month in June. The report led some economists to downgrade their estimates for economic growth in the April-June quarter. Many...
by Jane Richey | Jul 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Dennis Costello runs the Hotel Bethlehem in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, employing 180 workers in the city’s only full-service hotel with restaurants and banquet space. About half his staff takes advantage of employer-provided insurance. But because of...
by Jane Richey | Jul 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
In 1996, Republicans forced through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) bill, also known as welfare reform. It incentivized states to create welfare-to-work programs, trying to transition Americans from government dependency to financial solvency. But...
by Jane Richey | Jul 14, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Spain is the latest European country to enter the tough terms of a bailout, agreeing to slash spending and jack up taxes in exchange for the financial lifeline. Think that kind of fiscal emergency couldn’t happen here? While debt and deficits have fallen off...
by Jane Richey | Jul 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
From Michael Patrick Leahy: President Obama’s “War on Coal” has made it so difficult for electricity producers to use that the percentage of our nation’s electricity coming from coal has plunged from 44% last year to 36% this year. This forced...
by Jane Richey | Jul 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Pennsylvania has dropped tens of thousands of people from its Medicaid rolls since last summer – and now the Obama administration wants to know if the state wrongly cut off those benefits. The federal agency that oversees how states administer Medicaid sent a...
