by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The federal government spent $27 million teaching Moroccans how to make pottery, a project that yielded less than stellar results, according to Sen. Tom Coburn’s recently released Waste Book 2012. Some pottery students showed up just to get the free lunches, and one...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
It’s been a pretty big year for welfare—and a new report shows welfare is bigger than ever. The Obama Administration turned a giant spotlight on the welfare system in July when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proclaimed it had the authority to gut...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama said on October 15 that “we got back every dime we used to rescue the financial system.” According to the Congressional Budget Office, however, the government will lose about $24 billion on the bailout. “We got back every dime we used to...
by Jane Richey | Nov 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Regulations are strangling small business and forcing those impacted to figure them out, instead of focusing on their production of goods and services. Instead of passing new regulations, which have huge costs; policy makers, politicians, and bureaucrats should be...
by Jane Richey | Nov 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
More than 30 million households could be hit with the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) if Congress doesn’t take action after the election, adding another pressure point to talks on the “fiscal cliff.” Democrats and Republicans agree that Tuesday’s election will go a long...
by Jane Richey | Nov 1, 2012 | Politics
Nearly half of 600 Muslim-American citizens polled who plan to vote in the 2012 presidential election believe parodies of Muhammad should be prosecuted criminally in the U.S., and one in eight say the offense is so serious violators should face the death penalty. The...
