by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Free Markets
The basic goodness of free exchange has been ratified by success. Market economies in the modern world dramatically reduce the material poverty endemic to the human condition, battling hunger, cold, disease, and isolation. We have seen such progress in Western...
by Jane Richey | Sep 18, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
During the four years that marked President Barack Obama’s first term in office, the real median income of American households dropped by $2,627 and the number of people in poverty increased by approximately 6,667,000, according to data released today by the Census...
by Jane Richey | Sep 17, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
he nation’s poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America’s slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an unwelcome benchmark for President Barack Obama’s recovery plans....
by Jane Richey | Jul 29, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Survey data exclusive to The Associated Press points to an increasingly...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as several Members of Congress are trying to restore the reforms that helped so many out of poverty. The work...