by Jane Richey | Feb 25, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Here’s a trend you’ll be reading more about: part-time “job sharing,” not only within firms but across different businesses. It’s already happening across the country at fast-food restaurants, as employers try to avoid being punished by...
by Jane Richey | Feb 24, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Health Care
Former Senator Jim DeMint: “If we can’t get the president to come off the military cuts, we need to leave these cuts in place. In most cases, it’s not really cuts. It’s just a slowing of the growth of spending which has been out of control for years. I would...
by Jane Richey | Feb 23, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
A couple of articles have documented what has happened since the unanimous decision by a federal court that found President Obama lacked the constitutional authority to make three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In an opinion piece in...
by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In testimony to a congressional subcommittee in October 2011, the American Coal Council noted that an increasing number of coal generators were shutting down their power plants because they couldn’t meet environmental objectives: “Why are some folks...
by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care, Politics
Dunkin’ Brands — the owner of Dunkin’ Donuts — is working to overturn a major provision of Obamacare. The company,based in Canton, Mass., is lobbying the White House to change its definition of full-time work from at least 30 hours a week to 40 or more per week, CEO...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
JAY CARNEY: What I will concede is that we were looking and the Republicans were looking for a trigger around which to build a mechanism to get us out of default possibility and the sequester was one of the idea put forward, yes by the president’s team. (Special...
