by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The number of people in Pennsylvania getting monthly disability benefits through Social Security is growing at an alarming rate. Social Security Administration data show more than 390,000 Pennsylvanians qualified for disability payments in 2011, the most recent year...
by Jane Richey | Feb 26, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama won’t have to worry about his paycheck if the spending sequestration included in the Budget Control Act that he signed into law in 2011 begins taking effect this Friday. A report published last month by the Congressional Research...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama seemed to reject entitlement reform in his second Inaugural address Monday, even saying Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security “free us to take the risks that make this country great.” “We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health...
by Jane Richey | Jan 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
During President Barack Obama’s first term, the number of Americans collecting federal disability insurance increased by 1,385,418 to a record 8,827,795. As a result, there is now one person collecting disability in this county for every 13 people working full-time....
by Jane Richey | Jan 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The number of Americans age 16 or older who decided not to work or even to seek a job increased by 8,332,000 to a record 88,839,000 in President Barack Obama’s first term, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, the number of retired workers...
