by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A liberal coalition against Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget plan told lawmakers that plugging loopholes and tax breaks would “grow the pie” of state government, but economists and business groups said Pennsylvania should grow the private sector. Better Choices for...
by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is sleeping better now than he did a year ago, but says the economy still has “a long way to go.” “Things are … moving in the right direction,” he said in an interview with Diane Sawyer that will air...
by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
he only real lesson of the ObamaCare defense is that if you define the macro broadly enough, you are entitled to completely control every aspect of the micro. Everyone can be compelled to buy health insurance because health care is no longer a service bought from a...
by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
From Harold Jackson: “As a small-business person, this law also threatens the future of my business. I employ only a handful of people but we work hard to provide our customers with a product of which we are very proud. However, if PPACA remains the law of the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new rule to regulate CO2 emissions from power plants, which would effectively ban new coal power plants, as its emissions standards are too low to be met by conventional coal-fired facilities. This stands in stark...