by Jane Richey | Jun 26, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Two prominent Republican lawmakers are heading for a showdown over whether Congress should use money from closing tax loopholes to avert major cuts to Pentagon spending. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) has sent a strong signal he does not...
by Jane Richey | Jun 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
As the House debates the once-every-five-years farm bill, the majority of which goes to food stamps, there is a renewed and fervent call from a broad spectrum of camps that the information — some of the most high-dollar, frequently requested and closely held secrets...
by Jane Richey | Jun 25, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Germany’s finance minister is rejecting U.S. President Barack Obama’s calls on Europe to move faster in fighting its debt crisis, telling him to get the American deficit under control instead. Wolfgang Schaeuble told public broadcaster ZDF in an interview...
by Jane Richey | Jun 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The federal government is not making much headway reducing poverty despite spending hundreds of billions of dollars, according to a study by the libertarian Cato Institute. Despite an unprecedented increase in federal anti-poverty spending, the national poverty rate...
by Jane Richey | Jun 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Economy: Ever since he uttered those famous six words about the private sector, President Obama has been running away from claiming that anything much in the economy is “doing fine.” He’s just not looking hard enough. Yes, the economy is barely eking...
by Jane Richey | Jun 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
There’s been a great deal of talk lately on the likely demise of this Grand Republic of ours. Very wise and scholarly Americans have taken to opining publicly on the dire state of things, all asking the basic question, “Can this Republic be saved”?...
