by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
As chief of staff, Lew was a central player in two failed attempts at a grand bargain on deficit reduction with House Republicans. The first effort came as the government negotiated raising the debt ceiling in August 2011, and the second took place last month as the...
by Jane Richey | Dec 13, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Pennsylvania would lose about $300 million in federal money starting in January, said Charles Zogby, Gov. Tom Corbett‘s budget secretary. “The potential impact of going over the ‘fiscal cliff,‘ on every state, is enormous,” Corbett told the Tribune-Review last week....
by Jane Richey | Dec 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
For the Democrats, the policy imperative now is the consolidation and defense of the liberal welfare state, and especially its defense from the consequences of its own fiscal collapse. With Obamacare enacted, they are basically done building. They might dream of...