by Jane Richey | Jun 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The Obama Record: Moody’s didn’t quite say it, but its move to slash the credit rating of America’s No. 1 and No. 3 banks to near junk is based in part on the banks’ exposure to bad government risk. Officially, Moody’s said its...
by Jane Richey | Jun 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The Obama administration launched a pre-emptive ad blitz on June 19, touting the Obama health law’s benefits days before the U.S. Supreme Court will announce its ruling on ObamaCare’s constitutionality. The ads claim there’s a lot to lose if the law...
by Jane Richey | Jun 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The Senate passed a farm bill Thursday that will cost nearly $1 trillion, with more than three-fourths of the expenditures going to food stamps. Couldn’t our lawmakers dial it back a bit? Apparently not. Should the bill become law — it still must pass the House...
by Jane Richey | Jun 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Washington’s fiscal failure is an exercise in overlooking the obvious. Entitlements are bankrupting the country, yet what’s currently facing the biggest budget ax is the area that has actually shrunk relative to the economy over the last 40 years: defense....
by Jane Richey | Jun 20, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
As a vehicle for legitimizing and promoting Shariah throughout the world, Shariah-compliant finance is a phenomenon that is taking the financial world by storm right under the noses of American investors. Given the stated mission of Shariah is to bring about the rule...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
A growing number of Senate Democrats are signaling they are not prepared to raise taxes on anyone in the weak economy unless Congress approves a grand bargain to reduce the deficit. At least seven Democratic senators have declined to rule out supporting a temporary...
