by Jane Richey | Sep 17, 2013 | Free Markets
The national average price of gasoline will surpass $3.00 a gallon Tuesday for the 1,000th consecutive day — the longest stretch above $3.00 on record, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). “Paying less than $3.00 per gallon for gasoline may be...
by Jane Richey | Feb 25, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
From the Wall Street Journal: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday joined a parade of retailers, restaurants and consumer-goods companies worried about the economic impact of the recently restored federal payroll tax that has left Americans with less money to spend. The...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Unemployment is at 8.3 percent. The economy is sputtering at 1.5 percent growth. Food prices are rising due to drought conditions across the country. And gas prices are up again, pinching Americans’ summer budgets. It is past time for the President and Congress to...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Gas prices have surged in recent weeks and analysts predict they’ll keep rising, creating fresh openings for GOP attacks against President Obama that had waned when prices dropped sharply. The nationwide average for regular gasoline is $3.60-per-gallon, a 24-cent rise...
by Jane Richey | Jun 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
In those six weeks, the only significant energy policy change at the White House was to make new coal production nearly impossible and thus vastly increase the cost of electricity. So, it is hard to assign this slight dip to the president after a record 75 straight...
