by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The White House is weighing the idea of a tax cut that it believes would lift Americans’ take-home pay and boost a still-struggling economy, according to people familiar with the administration’s thinking, as the presidential candidates continue battling over whose...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Obama Administration’s disregard for the law has struck again—and this time, it’s encouraging others to violate the law at taxpayer expense. That’s worth saying again: The Obama Administration is encouraging people to violate a law, and promising that it will use...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The “fiscal cliff” is still two months off, but the scheduled blast of tax hikes and spending cuts is already reverberating through the U.S. economy, hampering growth and, according to a new study, wiping out nearly 1 million jobs this year alone. The report,...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The number of American workers collecting federal disability insurance benefits hit yet another record high in October, according to the Social Security Administration. This month 8,803,335 disabled workers are collecting benefits, up from the previous record of...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
President Obama has a new booklet—a glossy, 20-page spread called “The New Economic Patriotism: A Plan for Jobs and Middle-Class Security.” The title is completely Orwellian, since the plan—which is nothing new—would actually kill jobs, harming the middle class. As...
