by Jane Richey | Apr 25, 2013 | Free Markets, Politics
You don’t see this very often: a majority of Senate Republicans voting to make people who buy stuff on the Internet pay state and local sales taxes. Anti-tax guru Grover Norquist isn’t happy about it and the conservative Heritage Foundation is questioning...
by Jane Richey | Apr 24, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The federal government is spending $152,000 to study “voice therapy” for transgenders, saying it is incumbent to being “accepted as one’s preferred gender.” “This study will illuminate the capabilities of the human larynx and inform the relationship between...
by Jane Richey | Apr 24, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
The Obama Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has arranged to pay public relations firm Weber Shandwick an additional $8 million to promote enrollment in ObamaCare’s health insurance exchanges. Advertising Age reports that the campaign will...
by Jane Richey | Apr 23, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) overpaid between $11.6 billion and $13.6 billion in tax credits designed to help low-income families in fiscal 2012 , the Treasury Department announced in a report released Monday. The overpayments account for 21 percent to 25...
by Jane Richey | Apr 23, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Legislation that would empower states to tax online purchases cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Monday after winning an enthusiastic endorsement from President Obama. Senators advanced the bill in 74-20 procedural vote on Monday evening, just one vote short of the...
