by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Republicans and Democrats seized on a new report estimating that automatic budget cuts will cost the economy 2 million jobs to level election-year charges that underscored the deep political divide over how to avert the looming crisis. Roughly five months until the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Mayor Nutter has created an Office of Grants in response to the nationwide competition for a shrinking pool of federal funds, increasingly doled out based for merit and innovation. The new office, established by executive order, will seek federal, state, and private...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A new survey from Gallup finds that 60 percent of Americans say Obamacare will actually make things worse for taxpayers. Another 57 percent say it will make things worse for businesses by increasing costs and adding bureaucracy. Nearly half of all Americans also told...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
An audit conducted by the Energy Department’s Office of Inspector General was “unable to locate” $500,000 worth of equipment purchased with stimulus money by a recipient of funds distributed through the deparment’s “Advanced Batteries and Hybrid...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Barack Obama told a Cincinnati audience on Monday that he does not make the same mistake more than once. Minutes later, he told the same crowd he would continue spending federal dollars on green energy. The Obama administration has spent billions of taxpayer...