by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Volunteer firefighters may see their hours or benefits cut, so small fire departments can avoid providing costly insurance or paying fines for failing to insure employees, reports Colorado’s NBC 9. The likelihood that volunteers will work more than 30 hours a week is...
by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Education Issues
Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute highlighted the small-government conservatives and libertarians in one camp, as well as the progressives in another in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller. Both groups dislike connecting standards to testing and teacher...
by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The website Regulations.gov lists 141 regulations that have been posted by federal agencies in the first three days of new year alone. Of these regulations, 119 are “rulemaking,” meaning they establish a new rule. Twenty-three are “non-rulemaking,” meaning the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law requires calorie information to be displayed on roughly 5 million vending machines in the nation. The Food and Drug Administration said the move will “assist consumers in making healthier dietary choices.” A little...
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...