by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Health Care
The law says an employer with 50 or more full-time employees may be subject to a tax penalty if it fails to offer coverage to “its full-time employees (and their dependents).” Employers asked for guidance, and the Obama administration provided it, saying that a...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Politics
From Michelle Malkin: President Obama will kick off the new year the same way that he kicked off the old year: by demanding that the wealthy pay their “fair share” in taxes. But while millions of small-business owners, struggling entrepreneurs, inventors, and...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Beginning on New Years Day the 75 watt incandescent light bulb was banned from production and importation into the United States. Under current federal law, 60 watt and 40 watt bulbs will be gone by 2014. We’ll instead have to buy Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Every Republican and Democrat who represents Pennsylvania in the U.S. House or Senate this week voted in favor of a deal to avert the so-called ‘fiscal cliff.’ The package allows Bush-era tax cuts to expire for individuals making more than $400,000 and families making...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called it “a happy start to a new year.” That probably tells you all you need to know about the fiscal cliff deal that passed the House last night. The bill—which President Obama has promised to sign, though he took off for Hawaii...
