by Jane Richey | Aug 27, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The federal government’s debt could hit an unprecedented $16 trillion this week while the Republican Party is holding its national convention in Tampa, Fla. On Monday afternoon, at the opening of the convention. the Republicans will try to draw attention to the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
“Thinking of renting or selling a home or apartment?” asks the Environmental Protection Agency. “Make sure you disclose its lead-based paint history. Mr. Wolfe Landau did not and it cost him a $20,000 fine.” Landau is one of the many landlords and realtors fined by...
by Jane Richey | Aug 24, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis cheered a slight decline in the youth (16-24) unemployment rate, saying that it was a sign that the job market was improving for America’s young people. “As young Americans all across the country prepare to head into a new school year,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 24, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest concocted quarterly estimate on President Obama’s failed stimulus. CBO’s findings are as preposterous as its 11 previous studies of the stimulus, discussed here, here, and here. The story doesn’t change,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
After every other recession since World War II, the U.S. economy always regained what was lost and got even stronger before the next recession began. During this “economic recovery”, we have not even come close to getting back to where we were in 2008. In...
by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
With Paul Ryan now on the GOP ticket and the Medicare/health care debate now even more volatile, consider this bit of folly when pondering government’s role in health care. Recently, while on the way to church, I made my typical Sunday morning stop at a local...
