by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Thanks to a large draw down in the federal government’s cash on hand and to the “extraordinary measures” that the Treasury is currently taking to avoid surpassing the legal limit on the federal debt, the federal deficit and the federal debt actually went in...
by Jane Richey | Jun 17, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Governor Corbett’s fiscal year 2013-14 budget proposal includes a tax reform package aimed at “improving Pennsylvania’s tax climate by reducing tax burdens that inhibit job creation and economic growth.” The centerpiece of this proposal is a...
by Jane Richey | Jun 14, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The IRS is looking to hire a “diversity and inclusion” specialist, with a minimum salary of $123,758 a year.The opening for a full-time “Supervisory Diversity and Inclusion Specialist” at the agency’s national headquarters in Washington, D.C. was announced on June 11...
by Jane Richey | Jun 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In a belated and incomplete response to the House Ways and Means Committee’s request for Internal Revenue Service documents relating to the agency’s targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups for heightened scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, Acting...
by Jane Richey | Jun 2, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
Environmental lobbyists are pressing President Obama to turn more western lands into national monuments to prevent oil-and-gas companies from drilling there. The Sierra Club is leading the charge and is sweetening its message with political sugar, saying Obama could...
by Jane Richey | May 31, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The bureaucratic cat’s out of the bag, and the evidence is undeniable. The Obama IRS has been illegally targeting conservative, Christian and Jewish groups and individuals for political retaliation, intimidation and, ultimately, destruction. These revelations have...
