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 | Aug 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A congressional report concluded Friday that “political pressure” by a White House eager to tout stimulus spending was largely to blame for fast-tracking the ill-fated $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee — findings compounded by the release of an...
by Jane Richey | Jul 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Three years and eight months later, as unemployment has exceeded 8 percent for 41 straight months, Obama seems incapable of keeping this promise. With the worst employment figures since at least 1948, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ started measuring them, Obama...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
An audit conducted by the Energy Department’s Office of Inspector General was “unable to locate” $500,000 worth of equipment purchased with stimulus money by a recipient of funds distributed through the deparment’s “Advanced Batteries and Hybrid...
by Jane Richey | Jul 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
While everyone was talking about last week’s Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare, the bankruptcy of another solar panel maker went unnoticed. Abound Solar, a spinoff of Colorado State University, will suspend operations this week. The company qualified for a $400...
