by Jane Richey | Feb 12, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
ABC News’ Jake Tapper asked Carney whether President Obama agreed with comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at a hearing Tuesday to the effect that the Senate’s failure to pass a budget creates uncertainty for business firms; or with a recent assertion by...
by Jane Richey | Feb 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
In Kensington and Eastern North Philadelphia, the unemployment rate for young adult dropouts is close to 50 percent. While staggering, that number only begins to tell the story. Roughly 1,500 of the 3,000 or so dropouts aged 20-24 in this part of the city are not even...
by Jane Richey | Feb 12, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Senator Mike Folmer (R-48) says, “I applaud Governor Corbett’s efforts to try to get state spending under control. We cannot and should not look at more spending, more taxing, and more borrowing without critically analyzing each government-funded program...
by Jane Richey | Feb 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Lloyd Marcus: Our 40th president’s birthday earlier this month caused me to reflect upon how Ronald Reagan impacted my life. In 1981, I was a young singer/songwriter, clueless about politics, when Ronald Reagan won the presidency. An event planner asked me to...
by Jane Richey | Feb 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
In 2009, under Gov. Ed Rendell, the state’s education funding formula was filled by substituting federal stimulus funds for a portion of state funds. After stimulus funds vanished last year, Gov. Tom Corbett and public school advocates have been at odds over the...
