by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The human capacity for self-delusion truly is remarkable. Most people out there end up believing exactly what they want to believe even when the truth is staring them right in the face. Take the U.S. economy for example. Barack Obama wants to believe that his...
by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple (neé Apple Computer) “is the most valuable company” in the world. On the heels of its quarterly report last week, stock in Apple reached nearly $620 per share before settling back to end the week at $602. The WSJ...
by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
A federal government that is $15.6 trillion in debt is currently using its “bully pulpit” to run 16 different programs to teach citizens “financial literacy,” according to the Government Accountability Office, the accounting agency of the U.S. Congress. Previously,...
by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
With trivial exceptions, Washington does not run schools, employ teachers, buy textbooks, write curriculum, hand out diplomas, or decide who gets promoted to 5th grade. Historically, it has contributed less than 10 percent of national K-12 spending. So its influence...
by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Citizens Against Government Waste “Pig Book” is now available. The Congressional Pig Book is CAGW’s annual compilation of the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. A “pork” project is a line-item in an appropriations bill that...
