by Jane Richey | May 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The White House’s chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday. That disclosure has prompted a debate...
by Jane Richey | May 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Where do food stamps come from? They come from taxpayers—certainly not from family farms. Yet the “farm” bill, a recurring subsidy-fest in Congress, is actually 80 percent food stamps and other government nutrition programs. The food stamps sweeten the farm deal for...
by Jane Richey | May 20, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Green groups have used “sue and settle” tactics to force more than 100 new rules from President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency, according to a new Chamber of Commerce study released Monday. The business group decried the “sue and settle” tactic, which they...
by Jane Richey | May 16, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care, Politics
The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation. Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Across this great land, patriotic Americans are behaving subversively. We’re quoting from our pocket Constitutions, starting reading groups to discuss our founding documents, even gathering together to “petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Uncle Sam...
by Jane Richey | May 13, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Internet sales tax passed the Senate, but a growing chorus is pointing out that it would hurt many to help the tax man. The Senate passed the misleadingly named Marketplace Fairness Act last week by a vote of 69-27. But House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that...
