by Jane Richey | Apr 12, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Prices at the pump reached nearly $3.94 last Friday, the highest point this year, according to AAA. But prices have decreased slightly over the last five days, reversing increases that began in December of last year. Analysts say prices could continue to decline....
by Jane Richey | Apr 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Back in 1992, the Supreme Court ruled in Quill Corporation v. North Dakota that a state cannot force a retailer who doesn’t have any physical presence in that state to collect sales taxes from Internet, phone or catalog sales. So if you ordered a book online...
by Jane Richey | Apr 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Gov. Chris Christie today warned an audience of national Republicans that the country is in danger of becoming a “paternalistic entitlement society” where people sit on the couch, “waiting for the next government check.” Christie spoke at a...
by Jane Richey | Apr 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A House committee approved legislation last week to prevent businesses from avoiding paying state corporate income taxes and rejected amendments by Democratic lawmakers to broaden the scope of the bill to address other tax fairness issues. The measure approved by the...
by Jane Richey | Apr 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
President Obama traveled to Florida yesterday to distract the nation from its real problems by laying out his case for the Buffett Rule, a plan to drastically raise taxes on successful Americans and small businesses. The core of his argument is that the rich aren’t...
by Jane Richey | Apr 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The nation’s top housing regulator on Tuesday signaled a willingness to reduce mortgage principal for some borrowers but stopped short of endorsing a plan that would attempt to do that. Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), said...
