by Jane Richey | Jul 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Six of the 17 countries that use the euro currency are in recession. The U.S. economy is struggling again. And the economic superstars of the developing world _ China, India and Brazil _ are in no position to come to the rescue. They’re slowing, too. The...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his annual address to Congress on Tuesday, and he did very little to give lawmakers much confidence about where the U.S. economy is heading. Bernanke told members of Congress that recent economic data points...
by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
From Senator Bob Casey, Jr.: As chairman of the Joint Economic Committee during the 112th Congress, I have worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and with private sector leaders to spur additional job creation, strengthen the manufacturing sector,...
by Jane Richey | Jul 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
“The last thing you want to do is to raise taxes in the middle of a recession, because that would just suck up—take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole.” That was President Obama in 2009, trying to reassure Americans that he was going...
by Jane Richey | Jun 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that the U.S. economy has not recovered three years after the end of the recession. Despite this admission, Carney still saw fit to blame former President George W. Bush. “I think people are still hurting. I think...