by Jane Richey | Jul 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Dennis Costello runs the Hotel Bethlehem in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, employing 180 workers in the city’s only full-service hotel with restaurants and banquet space. About half his staff takes advantage of employer-provided insurance. But because of...
by Jane Richey | Jul 14, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Spain is the latest European country to enter the tough terms of a bailout, agreeing to slash spending and jack up taxes in exchange for the financial lifeline. Think that kind of fiscal emergency couldn’t happen here? While debt and deficits have fallen off...
by Jane Richey | Jul 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
We are told that the ObamaTax will protect Americans with pre-existing conditions from nasty big health insurers, while Republicans and conservatives shrug their shoulders in “let them eat cake” fashion. Forget about the fact that the premise of the left’s...
by Jane Richey | Jul 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
From Michael Patrick Leahy: President Obama’s “War on Coal” has made it so difficult for electricity producers to use that the percentage of our nation’s electricity coming from coal has plunged from 44% last year to 36% this year. This forced...
by Jane Richey | Jul 13, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
This year, Americans have to work until July 15 to pay for the burden of government, more than six months. In a new report, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has calculated that Americans will spend a total of 197 days toiling to pay for the cost of government....
by Jane Richey | Jul 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
A broad coalition of advocates has been meeting quietly to discuss a path forward on climate and fiscal policy, including proposals for a carbon tax. The ad-hoc, left-right group has held several closed-door meetings since 2011, most recently gathering on Wednesday...
