by Jane Richey | Mar 20, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
From the Tax Foundation: This week’s map shows the top state income tax rate in each state. California has the highest top rate at 13.3%; at the other end are seven states with no income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming....
by Jane Richey | Mar 19, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
A group of Senate Democrats is calling on the Obama administration to amend proposed emissions standards for new power plants, saying the regulations, as currently drafted, would devastate the coal industry in their home states. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Joe...
by Jane Richey | Mar 18, 2013 | Politics
Spurred by the Eurozone’s tough economic policies, the Cyprus government has decided to tax people’s bank deposits. This is one of the most bizarre financial moves in recent years and was fueled by the E.U.’s bailout package. Cypriot ministers scrambled to get a...
by Jane Richey | Mar 18, 2013 | Agenda 21
The Obama administration envisions a “low-carbon, low-petroleum” future where Americans tele-work, tele-shop, walk, bike and use carpools or mass transit if they must leave the neighborhood at all. A study released Friday by the U.S. Department of Energy...
by Jane Richey | Mar 18, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) said the effort to defund Obamacare by amending the continuing resolution (CR) — to fund the government for the next six months — is worth potentially shutting down the government, but he added that he does not think “the...