by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Education Issues
Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute highlighted the small-government conservatives and libertarians in one camp, as well as the progressives in another in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller. Both groups dislike connecting standards to testing and teacher...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Subsidies to businesses in the federal budget in Fiscal Year 2012 cost taxpayers almost $100 billion, according to a new repor tfrom the Cato Institute. “That includes direct and indirect subsidies to small businesses, large corporations, and industry organizations,”...
by Jane Richey | Jun 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
With five months left until Election Day, Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve must weigh whether to launch another round of stimulus that could spur the economy but invite charges of politicking for President Obama. The central bank’s reputation, tested by the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The American Dream Accounts Act of 2012 would authorize grants aimed at helping low-income students prepare for college. But one education analyst says the measure would duplicate many services already being offered. The proposed act is vague on how it would be...
by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Workers who invest privately over time will retire with higher incomes than those who rely exclusively on benefits from Social Security, according to a new study from the CATO Institute. “If workers who retired in 2011 had been allowed to invest the employee half of...