by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Still, five years into the Obama presidency, the economy is grossly underperforming. Contrary to the dominant media narrative, it’s not bad luck or the financial crisis to blame, but bad policies — from the $860 billion “stimulus” that didn’t...
by Jane Richey | Nov 1, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
There’s still no end in sight for the Federal Reserve’s stimulus program — known as quantitative easing — after the central bank met this week and decided to continue buying $85 billion in bonds each month. In a statement released after the...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday said the economy must show signs of sustained improvement before the central bank will curtail its long-running monetary stimulus program. Bernanke offered no timeline as to when the Fed would begin reducing purchases...
by Jane Richey | Dec 15, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The nation’s three most productive solar installation firms are under investigation for allegedly exaggerating business costs to get larger cash payments through a federal stimulus program. The Treasury Department’s inspector general is asking SolarCity, SunRun and...
by Jane Richey | Nov 30, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Obama made his first offer to congressional Republicans yesterday in negotiations over the “fiscal cliff”—an economic catastrophe of tax hikes just a few weeks away. The White House’s proposal? $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $50 billion in new stimulus...