by Jane Richey | May 29, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said Monday that people in the United States have no need “to get all in a dither” over Europe’s debt crisis, according to a report. Plosser told The Wall Street Journal he feels that Europe’s economic...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Politics
House Republicans pressed an administration official Wednesday to take a harder line with China on opening its markets to the United States. At a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing, multiple GOP lawmakers expressed frustration at the fact that China has not...
by Jane Richey | May 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
U.S. lawmakers have been unusually silent about federal regulators’ decision to allow a Chinese bank to take over 13 bank branches in New York and California, suggesting that they think American banks have much to gain. Members of both parties usually relish the...
by Jane Richey | May 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The more the Federal Reserve Board does, the less responsibility Congress and the White House take for making the right fiscal decisions, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said Tuesday during a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on the Federal Reserve Board’s...
by Jane Richey | Apr 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
For those waiting for our economic problems to be solved, you can quit holding your breath. There is simply not going to be a solution to our economic problems on the national level. So why is that the case? Well, it is because the economic policies of both major...
