by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Recent decisions by the Federal Reserve, intended to keep interest rates low, will hurt taxpayers in the future, according to Duquesne University economist Antony Davies. The Fed bailed out financial institutions in 2009, and chairman Ben Bernanke has continued to...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Mitt Romney is acknowledging that it’s impossible to know how his tax plan will affect the federal budget deficit. In an interview Wednesday on CNBC, the former Massachusetts governor scoffed at outside groups who have said his plan to lower marginal tax rates would...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A lot of conservative voters and pundits are feeling depressed about the endless and destructive GOP presidential primary. Many feel that the ugly fight has given Barack Obama an advantage, and they may be right. Many feel that none of the candidates is the strong and...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Lawmakers who want to seize control of federal lands are pushing a legal battle they insist is winnable despite multiple warnings their effort is highly unconstitutional and almost sure to fail in court. Utah is poised to become the first state to pass a package of...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest — built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits for every megawatt produced — are now getting paid to shut down as the federal agency charged with managing the region’s electricity grid says...