by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
A 1976 American Economic Association survey found that 90 percent of its members agreed that increasing the minimum wage raises unemployment among young and unskilled workers. A 1990 survey reported in the American Economic Review (1992) found that 80 percent of...
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 | Jun 7, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The unemployment rate for government workers rose for the first time since January, standing at 3.8 percent in May, up from 3.3 percent in April. But at the same time, the total number of government workers in the United States increased by 92,000. There were...
by Jane Richey | Feb 15, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Ohio University economist Richard Vedder believes they were right. He says an expanding system of government benefits has helped create a poverty rate of 14 percent. “They’re actually creating a dependency on government, which is unhealthy both for the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The number of Americans not in the labor force grew by 169,000 in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest jobs report. BLS labels people who are unemployed and no longer looking for work as “not in the labor force,” including people who have...
