by Jane Richey | Feb 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The 2013 budget promises $3 trillion in deficit cuts over 10 years, mostly through $1.5 trillion in new taxes and $800 billion in savings counted from the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of the savings would be pumped back into the economy, as Obama’s...
by Jane Richey | Feb 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The federal debt has increased by $4.47 trillion since President Barack Obama released his first federal budget on Feb. 26, 2009. That budget was entitled “A New Era of Responsibility.” On Feb. 26, 2009, as Obama released his budget for fiscal 2010, the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 14, 2012 | Politics
Cynthia Smith, of Berks county, issued her own statement to PA Republican Committee members, in response to an earlier letter that apparently originated from PAGOP leadership and was sent to Republican Committee Chairs. The letter, which bore no signature, instructed...
by Jane Richey | Feb 13, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
On the campaign trail during the summer of 2010, Corbett was criticizing the grant as inappropriate, though acknowledged that while his then-office as attorney general and later post as governor would review the contract, he couldn’t stop the funding without a...
by Jane Richey | Feb 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Energy Secretary Steven Chu again warned Friday that more recipients of Energy Department green technology loan guarantees will likely collapse even as he touted the strength of the program overall. The White House commissioned the report last October amid increasing...
by Jane Richey | Feb 12, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Senator Mike Folmer (R-48) says, “I applaud Governor Corbett’s efforts to try to get state spending under control. We cannot and should not look at more spending, more taxing, and more borrowing without critically analyzing each government-funded program...
