by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
President Barack Obama used his visit to a North Carolina truck manufacturer on Wednesday to announce a $1 billion program to promote electric and other alternative vehicles through tax incentives for consumers and federal grants to states to finance infrastructure to...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
With no authorization from Congress, President Barack Obama has announced that his administration–through the Federal Housing Administration–will insure refinanced mortgages for 2 to 3 million borrowers without verifying their income or even if they hold a...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
With already 600 new regulations in 2012, a fellow in regulatory studies says the United States continues to be a nation of regulations. Ryan Young of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), who compiled the data, says 600 regulations since the first of the year...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Recent decisions by the Federal Reserve, intended to keep interest rates low, will hurt taxpayers in the future, according to Duquesne University economist Antony Davies. The Fed bailed out financial institutions in 2009, and chairman Ben Bernanke has continued to...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A lot of conservative voters and pundits are feeling depressed about the endless and destructive GOP presidential primary. Many feel that the ugly fight has given Barack Obama an advantage, and they may be right. Many feel that none of the candidates is the strong and...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest — built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits for every megawatt produced — are now getting paid to shut down as the federal agency charged with managing the region’s electricity grid says...
