by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Obama’s trip this month to Africa, with the first family tagging along, is projected to cost taxpayers as much as $100 million, sparking criticism as the federal government scrimps along during sequester-related budget cuts. Among the related costs will be...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2013 | Agenda 21
The World Bank is beginning to commit billions of dollars to flood prevention, water management and other projects to help major Asian cities avoid the expected impact of climate change, a dramatic example of how short the horizon has become to alleviate the effects...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
One senator says the Internal Revenue Service is set to pay $70 million in bonuses for employees, over the objections of a White House mandate for all agencies to cancel discretionary spending — specifically, bonuses — due to looming automatic budget cuts. The news...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
A $509,840 grant by the National Institutes of Health will pay for a study that will send text messages in “gay lingo” to methamphetamine addicts to try to persuade them to use fewer drugs and more condoms. The study began in February. Lead researcher Dr....
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2013 | Agenda 21
President Barack Obama told a cheering crowd in Berlin Wednesday that nations must unite to fight the “grim” future of climate change, which will produce “severe storms, more famine and floods, new waves of refugees — coastlines will vanish, oceans will rise.”...
