by Jane Richey | Dec 19, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
As of Oct. 31, the U.S. government owed $5,482,200,000,000 to foreign interests, according to the Treasury. That was up from $5,476,200,000 as of Sept. 30. The foreign debt of the U.S. government equaled $47,482 for each of the 115,459,000 full-time workers (including...
by Jane Richey | Dec 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Appearing Monday morning on CBS, Obama’s jobs council head and the CEO of GE Jeffrey Immelt said that one thing that “actually works” is “state-run Communism” in China. After host Charlie Rose brought up the “growth rate” of China falling from double digits to about...
by Jane Richey | Aug 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
The money the U.S. government owes to foreign entities rose to a record $5.2923 trillion in June, according to data released by the U.S. Treasury Wednesday afternoon. In May, the U.S. Treasury had owed $5.2581 trillion to foreign entities. On net, in June, the U.S....
by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Politics, Voting Issues
A bipartisan quartet of senators has called on the Chinese government to investigate companies in that nation that are producing high-quality counterfeit American driver’s licenses, saying the practice is a serious national security threat to the United States. In a...
by Jane Richey | Jul 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
“I want to stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs and factories overseas,” Obama said in a speech in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday.’ “As long as I’m president, I will keep fighting to make sure jobs are located here in the United States of America,”...