by Jane Richey | May 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Tens of thousands of protesters in Madrid flooded into the central Puerta del Sol plaza in the evening and aimed to stay for three days. But authorities warned they wouldn’t allow anyone to camp out overnight, and up to 2,000 riot police were expected to be on...
by Jane Richey | May 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The workforce participation rate is now at its lowest rate in 30 years, with 63.6 percent of adults who could work actually working. When people can’t find work, they adjust. Families spend less. Children move in with parents. Some people seek additional training to...
by Jane Richey | May 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Today, President Obama’s re-election campaign is pushing the fact that America has seen 26 consecutive months of tepid job growth. This is hardly an impressive figure. From September 2003 to December 2007, George W. Bush oversaw 52 consecutive months of job growth....
by Jane Richey | Mar 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
If we use terms such as “the new normal” for the economy, what was the old normal? Was there even a “normal,” or were things always turbulent or spiraling out of control? Believe it or not, the federal budget used to have a...
by Jane Richey | Mar 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Voters’ old-fashioned common sense about the economy was backed up by the numbers in the February jobs report just released this morning. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs last month. That’s the good news, and it does...