by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
“The president will be taking action by executive order through his administration,” Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) said at a press conference on Friday unveiling his Safe Climate Caucus, which will work to pressure House Republicans to take up a climate change...
by Jane Richey | Feb 15, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The recent hike in payroll taxes is dragging down sales for discount retailers like Wal-Mart. With less disposable cash in their wallets, lower-income shoppers have less to spend. The bad news comes on the heels of a lackluster January for the major retailer....
by Jane Richey | Feb 15, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that $1.55 billion in new federal tax dollars will be allocated for the first-ever Hawaiian Transit Rail system on the island of Oahu, which will serve downtown Honolulu, at a total federal and state cost of $5.1...
by Jane Richey | Feb 15, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Ohio University economist Richard Vedder believes they were right. He says an expanding system of government benefits has helped create a poverty rate of 14 percent. “They’re actually creating a dependency on government, which is unhealthy both for the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 14, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
During Tuesday’s State of the Union, President Obama called for an increase in preschool education in order to prepare workers in the future: “[N]one of it will matter unless we also equip our citizens with the skills and training to fill those jobs. And that...
by Jane Richey | Feb 14, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget is now weighing proposed regulations designed to resolve last year’s finding by the World Trade Organization (WTO) that U.S. rules give American meat products an unfair advantage over those from Canada and Mexico....
