by Jane Richey | Jun 15, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Every year, the federal government’s budget is loaded with hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer- funded subsidies. A little known piece of that pile of taxpayer cash giveaways is the nearly $20 billion spent each year on “community development” subsidies. While...
by Jane Richey | Jun 12, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Energy Department has $9 million more taxpayer dollars to spend on projects that may make a very expensive car less expensive and more acceptable to consumers. The latest round of funding is intended to accelerate the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,...
by Jane Richey | Jun 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In a belated and incomplete response to the House Ways and Means Committee’s request for Internal Revenue Service documents relating to the agency’s targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups for heightened scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, Acting...
by Jane Richey | Jun 6, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Obama administration has increased the “social cost” of carbon emissions in federal regulations, a move that could lay the groundwork for new rules on climate change. The order, handed down by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with little fanfare, bumps...
by Jane Richey | Jun 6, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The White House and Energy Department announced that beginning in 2016, new energy efficiency standards for microwaves will be imposed and promised it would lead to consumer savings, but federal regulations have a poor track record of producing consumer deals, said...
by Jane Richey | Jun 6, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a grant of $149,992 to study the on-campus food choices of college students.The grant was awarded to Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey for the “Prevention of Late Adolescent Obesity in the College...
