by Jane Richey | Dec 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
AAA urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt sales of gasoline with higher ethanol concentrations Friday, contending the fuel blend causes engine damage not covered under most auto warranties. EPA says that cars made in the model year 2001 and later can...
by Jane Richey | Dec 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Figures on government spending and debt (rounded). The government’s fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Total public debt subject to limit Nov. 29– 16,283,989, 000,000 Statutory debt limit 16,394,000, 000,000 Total public debt...
by Jane Richey | Dec 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The petty games that we have allowed the politicians and pundits from both side have used to divide us has only allowed for the fact that we cannot have honest and constructive discussions about these very real and looming problems that are facing us. We have allowed...
by Jane Richey | Nov 30, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Obama made his first offer to congressional Republicans yesterday in negotiations over the “fiscal cliff”—an economic catastrophe of tax hikes just a few weeks away. The White House’s proposal? $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $50 billion in new stimulus...
by Jane Richey | Nov 30, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The federal government has now borrowed more money during Barack Obama’s time as president than it did in the period lasting from the time President George Washington took the oath office until July 2, 2001, more than five months into the first term of President...
by Jane Richey | Nov 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Health Care, Politics
Today, Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued the following statement highlighting the $1.058 trillion in higher taxes coming from ObamaCare over the next ten years. Many of the tax increases take effect on January 1, 2013: “ObamaCare raises taxes...
