by Jane Richey | Jul 20, 2012 | Politics
A report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that the already record-high numbers of Americans collecting government disability checks will continue to rise, further harming the program’s finances and making it harder for low-income Americans to find...
by Jane Richey | Jul 3, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
Weak June manufacturing numbers released Monday intensified concern about the fragility of the economic recovery and turned election-watchers’ attention toward unemployment numbers due out at the end of this week. The reports, just four months before voters cast their...
by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Senator Jim DeMint: If Congress fails to act, Americans will face a $494 billion tax increase — the highest ever in one year — on January 1. What has been referred to as Taxmageddon might better be labeled “Jobsmageddon” because every dollar taken away...
by Jane Richey | Jun 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Economy: Ever since he uttered those famous six words about the private sector, President Obama has been running away from claiming that anything much in the economy is “doing fine.” He’s just not looking hard enough. Yes, the economy is barely eking...
by Jane Richey | Jun 15, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Pennsylvania’s statewide unemployment rate held steady at 7;4 percent in May the same rate it was in April, the state the state Department of Labor and Industry said this afternoon. That’s lower than the national rate, which ticked upward from 8.1 percent...
