by Jane Richey | Nov 29, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The U.S. Treasury Department website states that voluntary contributions to pay down the national debt in fiscal year 2012 reached a record amount of $7.7 million, which is 0.00005 percent of the total national debt of $16,309,738,056,362.44, or approximately $16.3...
by Jane Richey | Nov 29, 2012 | Agenda 21, Politics
Morale for our soldiers is the lowest it’s been in decades. Instead of providing our troops with the best equipment and a decisive mission, we are sullying them with egregious rules of engagement, the homosexual agenda, sensitivity training, and other social...
by Jane Richey | Nov 27, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Signaling the importance of pension changes in the coming months, the Corbett administration released a detailed report Monday warning of steep budget cuts if a way is not found swiftly to rein in public-pension spending. The 19-page report labeled...
by Jane Richey | Nov 27, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Washington is in a dither over the fiscal cliff. The cliff consists of roughly $500 billion in tax increases that will occur on January 1, 2013 as the Bush-era tax rates expire, along with almost $100 billion in automatic cuts in government spending resulting from the...
by Jane Richey | Nov 27, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
he U.S. Treasury increased the net debt of the United States $24,327,048,384.38 on the day after Thanksgiving, which equals approximately $211.69 for each of the nation’s 114,916,000 households. At the close of business last Wednesday, according to the Treasury, the...
by Jane Richey | Nov 26, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Billionaire Warren Buffett, always popular among Democratic redistributionists, says he wants a “minimum tax” on the very rich. Never mind that we already have one, and that what he proposes would hurt both the economy and the middle class. The third...
