by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2014 | Agenda 21, Free Markets
States are quickly learning that promoting electric cars is coming with a high price tag. Colorado has joined a growing number of states that are imposing fees on electric and alternative vehicles to recover “lost” gas tax revenues. As of this year, Coloradans driving...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2014 | Agenda 21
The voyage and rescue emitted lots of carbon dioxide through the burning of fossil fuel — which climate scientists on the expedition believe is the main driver of global warming — so the expedition has promised to plant about 800 kauri trees in New Zealand to offset...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
Expanding Medicaid coverage to an estimated nine million more Americans—as mandated by the Affordable Care Act—reinforces the idea that Medicaid only serves the poor. That perception is not accurate. And it distracts from a looming budgetary threat to the program:...
by Jane Richey | Jan 6, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
In order to expedite the investigations, the IRS has enlisted a team of 150 full-time employees, many of whom are lawyers, working to produce more than 500,000 pages of documents requested by congressional oversight committees. John Koskinen — who was sworn in Monday...
by Jane Richey | Jan 6, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
One trillion equals one thousand billion. One trillion = 1,000,000,000,000 At about $30.5 million per year, the 2013 highest paid NBA player, Kobe Bryant, would need to work 32, 837 years to reach $1 trillion. Read more....
