by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The outlook for the U.S. economy appeared dimmer Monday after a report that Americans spent less at retail businesses for a third straight month in June. The report led some economists to downgrade their estimates for economic growth in the April-June quarter. Many...
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
U.S. manufacturers say uncertainty about the “fiscal cliff” of impending tax increases and spending cuts is standing in the way of the robust job growth that is needed to lower the unemployment rate. On the heels of June’s disappointing jobs report, the leading trade...
by Jane Richey | Mar 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
For several hundred years, a consensus developed in Western nations that economic growth – human progress – is a good thing. But now economic growth is under attack. Economic growth has meant more jobs, higher incomes, more wealth and all the good things that become...