by Jane Richey | Apr 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said Friday that President Obama’s 2013 budget will likely reduce growth in the long-term as larger deficits reduce capital available to businesses. After the next five years, CBO says the Obama proposals will likely reduce...
by Jane Richey | Apr 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Obama administration on Wednesday stated for the first time that the president will not sign any 2013 spending bills until the House abandons the spending levels in Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget. That budget cuts spending next year by $19 billion compared to the August...
by Jane Richey | Apr 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
It’s difficult to be a good economist and simultaneously be perceived as compassionate. To be a good economist, one has to deal with reality. To appear compassionate, often one has to avoid unpleasant questions, use “caring” terminology and view...
by Jane Richey | Apr 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-sponsored and funded “human health effects science” research is unreliable and makes irresponsible and outrageous claims about how air pollution causes thousands of deaths. Then the EPA claims that it...
by Jane Richey | Apr 18, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
In the 39 months since Barack Obama took the oath of office as president of the United States, the federal government’s debt has increased by $5,027,761,476,484.56. Although he has served less than a term, Obama is now the first American president to see the federal...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Politicians often cloak themselves in the mantle of statesmen from other eras who exemplified virtues that they lack. Barack Obama, like other politicians who sense Americans’ deep appreciation of Ronald Reagan, is out there invoking the Gipper. It’s like...
