by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Brace yourself. In a mere 271 days, you and your fellow Americans will be hit with a tax hike the likes of which this country has never seen. The Washington Post aptly called the unprecedented $494 billion tax hike “Taxmageddon,” and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Hard-charging conservative lawmakers and greater Republican ranks helped to boost pro-Taxpayer Scores for both the House and Senate, but even they had a hard time overcoming the tax-and-spend crowd in Washington, according to the 362,000-member National Taxpayers...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
President Obama said this week that if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — popularly referred to as “ObamaCare” — is ruled unconstitutional by the high court, it would amount to an overreach by an “unelected” court....
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Penn State students and alumni teamed up for Penn State Capital Day to visit legislators and rallied against a proposed 30 percent cut to Penn State’s state budget appropriation. Students and alumni stood on the steps during a rally held in the state Capitol...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
From Warren Cole Smith: It was the fall of 1981. The United States was coming out of a recession. Ronald Reagan had been president since January. Among his first acts in the White House had been to dramatically cut spending for social programs. And the woman sitting...