by Jane Richey | Aug 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
After every other recession since World War II, the U.S. economy always regained what was lost and got even stronger before the next recession began. During this “economic recovery”, we have not even come close to getting back to where we were in 2008. In...
by Jane Richey | Aug 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
A new chart released on Wednesday by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee details a startling statistic: “Over 100 Million People in U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare.” “The federal government administers nearly 80...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Is the U.S. economy in a recession right now? Has the next recession in the United States already begun? Unfortunately, there are a lot of economic numbers that are pointing in that direction. U.S. retail sales have fallen for three months in a row, U.S....
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that food stamps and unemployment insurance are the two “most stimulative” t things you can do for the economy. During a pen and pad briefing with reporters on Capitol Hill, Hoyer was asked if any...
by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) led a successful effort on Wednesday to defeat a conservative attempt to double the food stamp cuts in the House farm bill, an effort that could have sunk the legislation. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) offered a...
