Aug 29, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Josiah RyanIn order to revive the economy Congress ought to repeal everything President Obama has done, freshman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) recommended, according to a story published in the Third Coast Digest on Monday.”To get the economy going first,...
Aug 26, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Josiah Ryan Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) on Thursday promoted his plan to shrink the federal government by putting a hold on new hiring. “I think we need to do a federal hiring freeze, through attrition,” Johnson told Channel 12 News, an ABC...
Aug 26, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Sen. Johnson says President Obama is legislating through regulation Mike LowWisconsin Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson has been on the job for less than a year and has emerged as one of the senate’s fiscal hawks. He says his goal for 2012 is to repeal the...
Aug 25, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
They are imposing huge burdens on business. By Andrew StilesOn Tuesday, the Obama administration announced the results of an eight-month government-wide review designed to reduce the regulatory impact on businesses. Every federal department was ordered to put forward...
Aug 25, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Thomas Belesis Since Barack Obama took office, $38 billion in new major regulations have been introduced, imposing an unprecedented burden on businesses, according to last month’s report by the Heritage Foundation.An overly regulated environment is...