by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, in Denver on Wednesday, called on Congress to act on extending clean-energy tax credits, which he said will help American companies create jobs and produce clean, renewable power. “America can’t afford to miss out on...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
As President Barack Obama’s budget was poised to fail overwhelmingly in the Senate for the second year, the White House dismissed the vote entirely as a gimmick. Already, Obama’s $3.6 trillion tax and spending plan for fiscal year 2013 was defeated in the House by a...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
In the last four years, there was a 6-fold increase in the number of Americans over 55 who had been unemployed for 6 months or longer, a federal auditor told CNSNews.com. With this increasing number of older workers experiencing long-term unemployment, concerns are...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Ahead of the G8 summit in Camp David on Friday, a group of United Nations human rights “experts” are throwing their weight behind a longstanding campaign for a so-called “Robin Hood tax” on international financial transactions. In a statement issued in Geneva – home...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
With political bickering at a fever pitch and a budget dispute threatening government operations once again, nearly 400 people – among them deep-pocketed corporate leaders, the top lawmaker in Congress, and two former presidents – turned out for an event...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Pennsylvania’s township officials are taking aim at unfunded mandates, which they say waste millions in tax dollars every year. Close to 4,000 local leaders attended the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ 90th Annual Educational Conference last...
