by Jane Richey | Jan 9, 2014 | Free Markets
It took capitalism half a century to come back from the Great Depression. It’s taken socialism half that time to come back from the collapse of the Soviet Union. In New York City, avowed socialist Mayor Bill de Blasio has declared that his goal is to take...
by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Federal regulators worked hard to create more busywork for Americans this past year. In 2013, regulators added an estimated 157.9 million hours of paperwork to comply with the 80,224 new pages of regulations in the Federal Register, according to a report released by...
by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2014 | Health Care
In 2014, 25 to 30 million Americans with employer-provided health insurance are likely to lose it, thanks to Obamacare’s requirement that all plans cover what Washington deems “essential benefits.” Some employers will consider this unaffordable, so after their current...
by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
A new report from Congressional Quarterly suggests that ObamaCare isn’t the only item being delayed in the White House these days. Apparently the official White House budget proposal, which is required by law to be submitted to Congress no later than the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2014 | Agenda 21
Blasting Republican “climate-change deniers” as well as “blathering idiots on talk shows” who joked about the “Arctic vortex,” Rep. Peter DeFazio urged Congress to tackle climate change in 2014. He called it one of the...
