by Jane Richey | Nov 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Placement in jobs retained more than six months through a $500 million Labor Department green-jobs training program is falling 84 percent short of its goal, according to a report released Friday. The Labor inspector general audit offered a bleak picture of one of...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The White House is weighing the idea of a tax cut that it believes would lift Americans’ take-home pay and boost a still-struggling economy, according to people familiar with the administration’s thinking, as the presidential candidates continue battling over whose...
by Jane Richey | Aug 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Federal Communications Commission paid out more than $1 million in federal stimulus funds to a London company through a contract that reported creating no jobs in the U.S. or overseas, procurement records show. The vendor, SamKnows Ltd., won the stimulus-funded...
by Jane Richey | Aug 24, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest concocted quarterly estimate on President Obama’s failed stimulus. CBO’s findings are as preposterous as its 11 previous studies of the stimulus, discussed here, here, and here. The story doesn’t change,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A third round of “quantitative easing” could be coming soon from the Federal Reserve if the economy does not pick up steam, according to minutes released Wednesday. Several members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said the Fed will need to do...
