by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Some parents are calling school officials in Colorado “food Nazis” after they announced a ban on all sweets, including cupcakes, candy bars and even birthday cakes – unless the cakes are made with district-approved recipes. School officials in Greeley, CO advised...
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The United States spends more on health care than 12 other industrialized countries, a new Commonwealth Fund study finds – but that doesn’t mean this country’s care is any better. The U.S. spent nearly $8,000 per person for health care services in 2009, the study...
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A Department of Health and Human Services-designed presentation on ObamaCare makes no mention of some of the law’s most controversial elements, including the individual mandate, tax penalties, and cuts to Medicare. Published Wednesday on the website BuzzFeed, the...
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Interior Department will release a new proposal to regulate “fracking” on federal lands as soon as Thursday, a top industry official told The Hill. “I expect they will be out tomorrow or Friday,” American Petroleum Institute CEO Jack Gerard said...
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Lawmakers will not have to re-fight their epic battle over raising the debt ceiling until after the November elections, according to the Treasury Department. April tax receipts have not moved Treasury’s debt-ceiling target date, and Secretary Timothy Geithner...
by Jane Richey | May 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Last week, the total amount of debt emanating from student loans in the U.S. reached $1 trillion. With the Great Recession still present in the daily lives of the middle class, salaried jobs for college graduates are tough to come by. Many have had to settle for...
