by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
Any day now, Congress is likely to release the trillion-dollar Trojan horse that is the spending bill for 2014. It’s going to be big, and it’s going to be rushed. And few members of Congress (if any) are going to read it all. Government budgeting isn’t supposed to be...
by Jane Richey | Jun 17, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
From the Heritage Foundation: Remember the debt? That $17 trillion problem? Some in Washington seem to think it’s gone away. The Washington Post reported that “the national debt is no longer growing out of control.” Lawmakers and liberal inside-the-Beltway...
by Jane Richey | Jan 31, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Politics
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney did not deny President Barack Obama, who oversaw a $5.8 trillion increase in the national debt during his first term, believed the country did not have a spending problem. The Wall Street Journal reported on Jan. 6 about a...
by Jane Richey | Dec 14, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Should Republicans trade tax hikes for spending cuts? Much of the debate over the current fiscal cliff standoff centers around discussions of “ratios”: Republicans will agree to X dollars of tax hikes, Democrats will agree to Y dollars of spending cuts, and so forth....
by Jane Richey | Dec 13, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
From Congressman Tom McClintock: To understand the federal budget mess and the so-called fiscal cliff, it’s important to remember three numbers: 39, 37 and 64. Thirty nine percent is the combined increase of inflation and population over the last ten years. ...