by Jane Richey | Dec 4, 2012 | Agenda 21, Politics
Last week, 88 new final rules were published, up from 32 the previous week. That’s the equivalent of a new regulation every 1 hour and 54 minutes — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All in all, 3,392 final rules have been published in the Federal Register this year. If...
by Jane Richey | Nov 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
President Obama’s proposed tax hike on the top 2% of incomes will do next to nothing to close our chronic budget deficits, now running more than $1 trillion a year. But it will have a major impact on one struggling part of our economy: small business. In his...
by Jane Richey | Nov 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Now that the reality of Barack Obama’s re-election is settling in, the U.S. economy is shifting and making the necessary adjustments to brace for four more agonizing years of Hope ‘n’ Change™. In the last 10 days, we’ve seen news of the fallout...
by Jane Richey | Oct 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The actions of one small business may have only a local impact. But when the actions are repeated by thousands of firms across the economy, the consequences can be very large. That is why the recent cautious tone among small-business owners merits attention. Of...
by Jane Richey | Aug 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Small businesses are getting a lot of focus from politicians, because they are a key engine of job creation—which has stalled in the U.S. economy. A Republican National Convention theme of “We Built It” continued the political debate over the economy yesterday. A...