by Jane Richey | Feb 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
From a September 17, 2010 Wall Street Journal article by Peggy Noonan entitled Why It’s Time for the TEA Party: “Local tea parties seem—so far—not to be falling in love with the particular talents or background of their candidates. It’s more...
by Jane Richey | Feb 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The power grid program in question is in the Energy Department, and received a $3.5 billion infusion in the 2009 stimulus package. That money was awarded to 99 recipients, with individual grants ranging up to $200 million. In a January report, the inspector general...
by Jane Richey | Feb 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Truth is, by now we should have created millions more jobs than we have. But Obama’s $836 billion stimulus, his botched industry bailouts, his failed “green” energy policies, his regulatory siege on business, and his disastrous attacks on Wall Street...
by Jane Richey | Feb 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner swung back at critics of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law Thursday, arguing that those detractors are pushing for a repeat of the financial crisis. But Geithner said such a rollback would merely make the United States more...
by Jane Richey | Feb 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
“We work hard,” Pat Eiding, president of the Philadelphia AFL-CIO, says of the people he represents, “and when you work hard you should be compensated. And it should be fair. And so if you want to make a million dollars, or five million or thirty, God bless you. But...
by Jane Richey | Feb 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
SEDA-Council of Governments and Immix Wireless are collaborating on a new loan program focused on telecommunications and broadband services, and companies that service natural gas-related industries. A total of $1.12 million in financing is available through the...