by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Sunday — Earth Day — is when the bulb that won a $10 million government contest goes on sale. The bulb is the most energy-efficient yet, lasts about 20 years and is supposed to give off a pleasing, natural-looking light. But what separates it from the pack...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic “Buffett rule” bill Monday forcing the nation’s top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans’ taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Disappointing jobs data is driving fresh speculation over whether the Federal Reserve might take extra moves to boost the economy. If recent reports are an indication that the economy might be losing steam, the central bank could feel compelled to act with another...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
The facts of the Buffett Rule are simple. The President wants millionaires (and small businesses taxed as individuals) to pay a minimum tax of 30 percent. For all of his rhetoric that the measure would “stabilize our debt and deficits for the next decade,” the Buffett...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Politicians often cloak themselves in the mantle of statesmen from other eras who exemplified virtues that they lack. Barack Obama, like other politicians who sense Americans’ deep appreciation of Ronald Reagan, is out there invoking the Gipper. It’s like...