by Jane Richey | Feb 26, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Inflation-adjusted per capita federal spending went up $822.90 from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2012, according to official data from the U.S. Treasury and the Census Bureau. Real federal spending also increased $2437.64 per household between 2008 and 2012. In constant 2012...
by Jane Richey | Dec 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Figures on government spending and debt (rounded). The government’s fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Total public debt subject to limit Nov. 29– 16,283,989, 000,000 Statutory debt limit 16,394,000, 000,000 Total public debt...
by Jane Richey | May 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
President Barack Obama on Wednesday staked his claim to being the most effective fiscal conservative to serve in the White House in more than half a century. “Since I’ve been president, federal spending has risen at the lowest pace in nearly 60 years,” Obama said at a...
by Jane Richey | Feb 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that Congress does not need an official federal budget because it can just adopt appropriations bills and authorization policies as needed to keep operating. Hoyer said: “What does the budget do? The budget does one thing...