by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
A Pittsburgh-area solar energy company that received more than $10 million as part of the federal stimulus is asking a federal judge to allow it to file bankruptcy. Ten former employees at the Flabeg Solar U.S. Corp plant have petitioned a federal judge for severance...
by Jane Richey | Apr 4, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $2.1 million grant over five years for a research project titled, “Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think.” The research project is designed to study how animals think and to promote “the evolutionary link between...
by Jane Richey | Apr 4, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
As part of a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Collins Inc. of Clinton, Iowa has agreed to a “re-lamping” of its facility with low-mercury fixtures at a projected cost of $76,952. The re-lamping will be a greater expense than the civil penalty...
by Jane Richey | Apr 4, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The number of Americans receiving “free” government benefits has soared, and this expansion seems unstoppable even as the economy recovers (see here and here). Less obvious than the depressing numbers is how this assistance inculcates a dependency...
by Jane Richey | Apr 4, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
Governor Tom Corbett revealed that he is seeking information about the idea a day after meeting with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about an expansion of Medicaid that’s called for under the 2010 federal health overhaul. Some...
by Jane Richey | Apr 3, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
According to the Washington Post, the Obama administration is pushing big banks to make more home loans available to Americans with bad credit – the same kind of government guidance that helped blow up the housing market: In response, administration officials say...
