by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
More states are enacting or considering laws that prohibit people who get welfare cash from spending it on liquor, cigarettes, strip clubs, gambling and guns — laws that even supporters say are difficult to enforce. en states have passed such laws and at least 14 are...
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Pennsylvania’s natural gas customers are paying up to $131 million a year for gas they never used, the state Public Utility Commission says. Nationwide, Pennsylvania trails behind only California in the amount of gas lost each year, according to a PUC report....
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Debt is the surest and shortest path to a global economy. Punishing all actors in local economies but those who are “too big to fail” empowers “too big to fail” systems and “too big to fail” economies. Encouraging debt and the eventual assumption of debt passed on and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
China’s attempt at a high-speed rail network is fraught with corrupt officials, impossible costs, and deadly safety failures. But U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wishes America would follow it as a model. LaHood told The Cable last week: The Chinese are more...
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
American International Group (A.I.G), the recipient of the largest federal bailout ever, is suing the U.S. for a tax overpayment, according to media reports. The insurance giant, which collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis, says it is owed $30.2 million in...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
A new Gallup survey found that 46 percent of Americans think the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, will hurt the economy. The same poll found that only 37 percent think the law will help the economy – among Democrats, 20 percent said the...
