A new, objective legislative scorecard by Heritage Action for America exposes Sen. Claire McCaskill’s (D-MO) PR campaign to posture herself as a “moderate” to be nothing but a big lie. The scorecard, which rates members of both houses of Congress on degrees of conservatism, rates McCaskill with a dismal 5% score, the lowest of all 11 members of Missouri’s congressional delegation, and lower than many other nationally known liberals.
Archive for August, 2011
9 Aug
A serious response to the S&P downgrade
Principled but simplistic solutions like “raise taxes” and “cut spending” are not sufficient by themselves to solve a problem as complex and as federal debt accumulated over a number of years. After first cutting unnecessary federal spending, here are some possible revenue sources that don’t negatively impact economic growth and job creation.
