by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Health Care
Congress is scrutinizing the private firms hired to implement parts of Obamacare, — particularly a subsidiary of insurance firm UnitedHealth Group, which will hold the customer data for health care plans in the exchanges required under the law — but the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Environmental Protection Agency collected $252 million in civil and criminal penalties in fiscal year 2012 – an all-time record amount, and more than twice the $168 million assessed in fiscal 2011, according to the agency’s annual enforcement results. The agency...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission lost at least $109 million in risky interest investment moves, Auditor General Jack Wagner says. The state’s fiscal watchdog said Tuesday the loss of taxpayer money in risky interest rate swap arrangements was only one part of a...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Ethanol and biofuel mandates in the U.S. and Europe are fueling rising hunger in Guatemala, which now has the fourth-highest rate of child malnutrition in the world — higher than in many less developed countries in Africa: With its corn-based diet and proximity to the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 9, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday did not specifically rule out the possibility of minting a $1 trillion coin, even as he told reporters that the White House has no backup plan for dealing with the debt ceiling if Congress refuses to act. “There is...
