Sworn into office on January 20, 2009 for his second term as Pennsylvania’s 50th elected Auditor General, Jack Wagner brings 25 years of public service to his role as the Commonwealth’s independent fiscal watchdog. Wagner identified job retention and growth, fiscal responsibility, public safety and reform of the government as his administration’s top priorities. “Improving the performance of government so that it improves the quality of life for all Pennsylvanians is my mission,” Wagner said. Be...
Mar 10, 2011•16 min
Randall and Dan talk about Dan's article, "Are U.S. Multinationals to Blame for High Unemployment?" Daniel Griswold is director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C, and the author of the new Cato book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization. Since joining Cato in 1997, Mr. Griswold has authored major studies on globalization, trade, and immigration. He's written articles for major newspapers, appeared on CNBC, C-SPAN, CNN...
Mar 08, 2011•11 min
Charlie received his B.A. in English from the College of Wooster and an M.A. in Mass Communication from Bowling Green State University. In addition, Charlie has done doctoral course work in Mass Communication. Former radio broadcaster, television newscaster, and member of the Ohio House of Representatives, 82 and 80th districts. See his blog www.littlestuff-minoosha.blogspot.com
Feb 20, 2011•21 min
http://therestoreadreamfoundation.org/default.aspx Alex Cortes is the Chairman of Restore the Dream Foundation, a non-profit 501c4 organization committed to restoring the American Dream through limited government, free markets, and individual liberty. Cortes also serves as the spokesperson for DeFundIt.org, the Foundation's first initiative that is advocating for the de-funding of ObamaCare as the most immediate solution to effectively defeating the law before repealing and replacing it....
Feb 11, 2011•12 min
“Leading America’s 2nd Emancipation” Apostle Claver – Bio/Intro Apostle Claver is the founder and chairman of RagingElephants.org – an organization dedicated to leading “America’s 2nd Emancipation” by bringing diversity to the Conservative movement. Raging Elephants challenges voters of color to reconsider their party affiliation and vote their values. Apostle is an animated, inspirational speaker who thrills audiences all across America. He has appeared or been featured on the Sean Hannity Show...
Feb 08, 2011•23 min
Monty Pelerin's background includes academic degrees from Duke University (AB), the University of Chicago (MBA) and Syracuse University (PhD) all in finance and economics. At Chicago, he was fortunate to have classes from Milton Friedman, George Stigler and Ronald Coase. He knew Merton Miller. All of these gentlemen subsequently became Nobel Laureates in Economics. His early career was in the corporate world where he served as Chief Financial Officer for a few companies. Later in life he went ba...
Feb 03, 2011•15 min
Monty Pelerin's background includes academic degrees from Duke University (AB), the University of Chicago (MBA) and Syracuse University (PhD) all in finance and economics. At Chicago, he was fortunate to have classes from Milton Friedman, George Stigler and Ronald Coase. He knew Merton Miller. All of these gentlemen subsequently became Nobel Laureates in Economics. His early career was in the corporate world where he served as Chief Financial Officer for a few companies. Later in life he went ba...
Feb 03, 2011•14 min
Bill Wilson, AS ’75, is a conservative opposed to what he sees as a government that is way too big and is spending way too much money for all the wrong reasons. As president of Americans for Limited Government, a nonprofit advocacy group in Fairfax, Va., the former political science major says he takes issue with the actions of both political parties. Wilson says he disliked many of George W. Bush’s policies, including the Patriot Act and the Medicare prescription drug program, and supported nei...
Jan 26, 2011•17 min
Tad DeHaven is a budget analyst on federal and state budget issues for the Cato Institute. Previously he was a deputy director of the Indiana Office of Management and Budget and a policy analyst with the National Taxpayers Union. DeHaven also worked as a budget policy advisor to Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Tom Coburn (R-OK). His articles have been published in the Washington Post, Washington Times, and National Review.
Jan 25, 2011•16 min
The Environmental Protection Agency's carbon regulation push continues, but apprently abusing the clean-air laws of the 1970s to achieve goals Congress rejected isn't enough. Late last week, teh EPA made an unprecedented move to punish Texas for being the one state with the temerity to challenge its methods. Kathleen Hartnett White is Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director, Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment She joined the Texas Public Policy Foundation in January 2...
Jan 24, 2011•20 min
Philip M. Scherer, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of Continental 1. Phil is a longtime enthusiastic and committed supporter of the Continental 1 trade, travel and tourism corridor. Since joining the organization in June of 2010, Phil has become the voice of Continental 1, reaching out to many groups and through meetings of stakeholders. He has had extensive involvement in management, cross-border, and economic issues during his career at Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, where he was a ...
Jan 24, 2011•13 min
Thomas W. Young CLU, ChFC, RFC, CSA Tom is a life time resident of Western PA and has a wife, Theresa and one daughter Sarah. Tom started in the financial services industry in 1976, and is the founder and President of 1st Consultants, Inc. He is also the Professional speaker for Financial Curves, Inc. Tom is a financial strategist who uses time value concepts and lost opportunity cost evaluations to help clients maximize the time value of money and benefits associated with insurance and financia...
Jan 22, 2011•23 min
The author is a proud citizen of the United States and the son of a career Air Force Colonel. He has degrees in electrical engineering and business administration, and spent most of his career in high-tech. He decided to stand up, make a difference, and remain silent no more. The ever-increasing and perpetual debts have converted a free people into little more than bonded servants laboring for a new form of subjugation called central banking. The inability or unwillingness of Congress to solve a...
Jan 21, 2011•10 min
Kirk MacKenzie is a proud citizen of the United States and the son of a career Air Force Colonel. He has degrees in electrical engineering and business administration, and spent most of his career in high-tech. He decided to stand up, make a difference, and remain silent no more. The ever-increasing and perpetual debts have converted a free people into little more than bonded servants laboring for a new form of subjugation called central banking. The inability or unwillingness of Congress to sol...
Jan 21, 2011•13 min
Timothy Sandefur Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center, Author "The Right To Earn a Living" Timothy Sandefur is a Principal Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation. As the lead attorney in the Foundation’s Economic Liberty Project, he works to protect businesses against abusive government regulation. He also works to prevent the abuse of eminent domain, having litigated important eminent domain cases in California, Missouri, and elsewhere, and having filed briefs in many significant em...
Jan 20, 2011•13 min
Lance Izumi Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies Senior Director, Education Studies Lance T. Izumi, J.D. is Koret Senior Fellow and Senior Director of Education Studies at the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI), California’s premier free-market public-policy think tank based in San Francisco and Sacramento. He is the co-author of the groundbreaking book Not as Good as You Think: Why the Middle Class Needs School Choice (San Francisco, CA: Pacific Research Institute, 2007), wh...
Jan 18, 2011•19 min
Randall talks with Karen Gray about "The CCSD Machine" - School district active on all fronts to get, keep and control public money. Karen Gray is an education researcher at NPRI and has been with the Institute since June 2008. Karen has an associate's degree in legal assistance from the Community College of Southern Nevada (now the College of Southern Nevada). Prior to joining NPRI, Karen spent 17 years as a parent in the Clark County School District, serving on various district committees and ...
Jan 18, 2011•11 min
Randy Turner from Money In America speaks with education policy analyst, James Golsan,at the Texas Public Policy Foundation about the state of education in the U.S. James joined the Foundation’s Center for Education Policy in October 2010 and contributes to the following issues: K-12 education growth; higher education spending; and increasing spending transparency across academia. Prior to joining the Foundation, James completed his Master’s of Arts degree in English at Texas Tech University. Re...
Jan 12, 2011•15 min
Christian Tharp, CMT and Chief Technical Analyst for, “The Adam Mesh Trading Group.” Christian Tharp, CMT, is an expert stock market coach who has helped thousands of beginner and advanced investors around the world take control of their financial futures. His Certified Market Technician (CMT) designation substantiates him as an expert in areas such as the technical analysis of stock trends, market indicators, cycles, system testing, Elliot Wave principles, Candlestick charting, analyzing financ...
Nov 06, 2010•13 min
John Gaetani I want to thank all of those who supported me, helped me, and voted for me. I am very disappointed with the results of this election. It was a real learning experience. I know I was the best person for the Office of State Comptroller but when you don't have the financial resources to run a media driven campaign it is v...ery difficult to win. I will leave this FB page up for a little while longer. Thank you all. * Binghamton University '82 Accounting * Broome Community College '79 B...
Nov 06, 2010•7 min
