by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
From John Goodman: Worried by reports of escalating federal debt, I sought out an answer the other day to this question: How much do we as taxpayers actually owe because of commitments politicians have made on our behalf? Turns out, the answer is not as simple as you...
by Jane Richey | Jul 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
No Pennsylvania Congressman in the Democrat Party voted for repeal! Click here for Roll Call vote. “The House voted again Wednesday to repeal the 2010 healthcare reform law, giving Republicans some revenge against the late June Supreme Court ruling that found...
by Jane Richey | Jul 11, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
A fiscal and political crisis in the nearly-broke northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton deepened Tuesday as public employee unions sought to have the mayor held in contempt of court after he defied a judge and slashed workers’ pay to minimum wage. Unions...
by Jane Richey | Jul 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
“I want to stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs and factories overseas,” Obama said in a speech in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday.’ “As long as I’m president, I will keep fighting to make sure jobs are located here in the United States of America,”...
by Jane Richey | Jul 11, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Both President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have recently said they would like to balance the federal budget. However, according to data publishedby Obama’s own White House Office of Management and Budget, accomplishing that goal at...
by Jane Richey | Jul 11, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Global leaders have tried just about everything that they can think of, but the coming global financial catastrophe continues to march steadily toward us. We have seen “stimulus packages”, quantitative easing, bond buying, interest rate cuts, emergency...
