by Jane Richey | Oct 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In August candidate for Illinois State Senate, District 18, Dr. Barbara Bellar decided to start off a fundraising event in a lighthearted manner . . . so she took on Obamacare and this is what she said: We are going to be gifted with a healthcare plan — We are...
by Jane Richey | Oct 8, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that the federal budget deficit has exceeded $1 trillion for the fourth year in a row, coming in at $1.1 trillion in fiscal year 2012 – or 7.0 percent of the economy. “The federal government’s fiscal year 2012 has come to...
by Jane Richey | Oct 8, 2012 | Politics
The U.S. economy added a net 114,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell to a surprisingly low 7.8 percent, a number former GE boss Jack Welch described as cooked up by the Obama administration. The September jobs number brought the unemployment rate...
by Jane Richey | Oct 8, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared that the Obama administration’s “Reset” in relations with Russia “cannot last forever,” and must be followed by a closer relationship, according to a Reuters news report. Lavrov, however, is...
by Jane Richey | Oct 2, 2012 | Politics, Voting Issues
A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge has ruled that the state’s controversial new voter ID law will stand, but voters without a valid picture ID card will still be able to cast their vote and have it counted this November. Judge Robert Simpson has effectively...
by Jane Richey | Sep 20, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Twenty years ago, when Democrats tried to oust an incumbent Republican president from office, they questioned his economic stewardship. Vice presidential candidate Al Gore famously bellowed: “Everything that ought to be down is up, and everything that should be up is...
