by Jane Richey | Aug 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
President Barack Obama has such ill-advised contempt for the intelligence of American taxpayers that he has become an habitual liar when talking about his plans to deal with a national debt that will imminently top $16 trillion. For example, on Aug. 14, he told a...
by Jane Richey | Jul 28, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The White House budget office on Friday projected a $1.211-trillion deficit this year, down from the $1.327 trillion projected in February. The mid-session review from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) also projected lower economic growth in 2012 and 2013 than...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Historically, federal budgets have been about taking a lot of numbers that already exist — i.e., the baseline — and adding to them a bunch of new numbers that reflect the administration’s or Congress’s wish list. This is put into a large book that ignores entitlements...
by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
From Senator Bob Casey, Jr.: As chairman of the Joint Economic Committee during the 112th Congress, I have worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and with private sector leaders to spur additional job creation, strengthen the manufacturing sector,...
by Jane Richey | Jul 11, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Global leaders have tried just about everything that they can think of, but the coming global financial catastrophe continues to march steadily toward us. We have seen “stimulus packages”, quantitative easing, bond buying, interest rate cuts, emergency...
