by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Yesterday, on the eve of its religious-liberty-crushing mandate taking effect, President Obama’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) made an outrageous claim: The Obama administration will continue to work with all employers to give them the flexibility and...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
From the National Taxpayer Union: Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a cost estimate for H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act, introduced by Representative Eric Cantor (with 162 cosponsors). The bill is the House’s latest legislative attempt to...
by Jane Richey | Jul 31, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The White House is expected to OK federal standards in the next few weeks that will nearly double vehicle gas mileage for vehicles by 2025, as automotive dealers warn the changes could slam the recovering retail car industry because they will come with sticker prices...
by Jane Richey | Jul 31, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
What is wrong with the economy? Something is wrong when the GDP expands by only 1.5 percent a year as it did in the second quarter. The problem is that nobody knows. Everyone thinks they know, but F.A. Hayek long ago put that fatal conceit to rest, if only for...
by Jane Richey | Jul 31, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Some Federal Reserve officials are reviving an idea that rose and fell with Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, as they seek to persuade colleagues to take new action to stimulate growth. Central bankers generally set policy based on their judgment about the most...
by Jane Richey | Jul 31, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Economic confidence has declined again, falling to levels not seen since January, according to a new Gallup survey. The poll found that weak jobs reports and poor economic growth had all but halted an earlier positive trend in Americans’ feeling about the economy....
