by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Ben Bernanke, speaking to a conference of financial and economics school teachers, said that too-big-to-fail banks were one example of the combination of government and market failures that can hurt the economy. “Finally, I’d mention the too-big-to-fail problem, which...
by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In 2011, Congress passed a law — the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 — which mandated that GAO assess the levels and types of participation of minority-owned, woman-owned, and disadvantaged firms in the construction and...
by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
. . . what happens when the grant money runs out? “Hagerstown, Maryland has received a $625,000 grant to hire five police officers as part of a Justice Department program to advance “community policing.” The money is supposed to cover the new officers’ salary...
by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
From the Derrick: The Department of Environmental Protection has fined EXCO Resources (PA) LLC of Warrendale, Allegheny County, $47,500 for operating unpermitted residual waste transfer stations in Lycoming and Sullivan counties in 2011 and earlier this year, which...