by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Sen. Jim DeMint (R.-S.C.) argues in his new book—Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse—that Americans could be approaching a last chance to save the country from a fiscal catastrophe and permanent transformation into a nation where the federal government...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A top Pennsylvania Cabinet member Monday afternoon indicated he was confident two of three Philadelphia-area refineries that are up for sale can be saved. “I am confident that there’s a high likelihood that we can save two of the three refineries,” C. Alan Walker,...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Don’t worry, America — Europe and the global economy will be just fine within a few years. This was the final message heard by a group of over three hundred financial professionals, delivered in a presentation by a chief economist of a very large and...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Highly unlikely! From the Hill: “Yet no one has figured out the more positive corollary – how to harness the immensely valuable political space the Tea Party and Occupy movements have each created to help the economy and create jobs. There is reason to...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Republicans used their weekly address to slam President Obama on rising gas prices, part of what the GOP says is a “coordinated campaign” to push energy to the forefront of national politics. House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) pushed...
by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Cost estimates for a key part of President Obama’s health care overhaul law have ballooned by $111 billion from last year’s budget, and a senior Republican lawmaker on Friday demanded an explanation. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp,...