by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Congressman Tom Marino (R-10) frustrated with a $17 trillion national debt and President Barack Obama’s unwillingness to compromise on spending cuts, said his proposal is just one step to help dig out of a deep financial hole. “Someone has to be man enough...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
As one of his first acts, new state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has launched a performance audit to determine how well state environmental officials have monitored the impact of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation on water quality and waste...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2013 | Politics
Voters overwhelmingly believe members of Congress should take a pay cut until the federal budget is balanced, and a plurality thinks the president should do the same. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 81% of Likely U.S. Voters feel members...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2013 | Agenda 21
Sweden’s Agricultural Board on Tuesday proposed a tax on meat, to discourage consumption of a product that supposedly strains the environment because much of it has to be imported. The news report said Swedish meat consumption has increased around 33 percent...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama seemed to reject entitlement reform in his second Inaugural address Monday, even saying Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security “free us to take the risks that make this country great.” “We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health...
