by Jane Richey | Feb 5, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Most Americans know the economy is in bad shape even if a majority voted to reelect the man most responsible for making a bad economy worse. And, no, it was not George W. Bush who is responsible for the 2008 financial crash. It was the government with its housing...
by Jane Richey | Feb 5, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The Energy Department’s statistical arm reported Monday that the average household spent $2,912 for gasoline in 2012, which makes up almost 4 percent of pre-tax income, tying 2008 for the highest percentage in roughly 30 years. Pump prices took center stage in White...
by Jane Richey | Feb 5, 2013 | Health Care
President Obama’s health care law is “here to stay,” but cannot fulfill its promise if states do not expand Medicaid and the uninsured do not take advantage of the benefits designed to put coverage within reach of millions more Americans, Health and...
by Jane Richey | Feb 5, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The undated Department of Justice memo, titled “Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen who is a Senior Operation Leader of al Qaeda or An Associated Force,” was obtained by NBC News. The memo defines as legal drone attacks on U.S. citizens...
by Jane Richey | Feb 5, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The federal budget deficit will fall to $845 billion in 2013 before rising again over the next decade as an aging population and soaring healthcare costs lead to an explosion in entitlement spending, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday. The budget deficit...
