by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The number of Americans not in the labor force grew by 169,000 in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest jobs report. BLS labels people who are unemployed and no longer looking for work as “not in the labor force,” including people who have...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Under Obamacare, Americans will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty to the IRS. The IRS’s assumption that the cheapest plan for a family will cost $20,000 per year is found in examples the IRS gives to help people understand how to calculate the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Farmer loses battle with government: A two-and-a-half-year fight over a batch of raw milk cheese produced in Howell County, Mo., ended last week when 15 tons of the unpasteurized cheese had to be taken to the dump, the KY3 reported. The decision in Howell County was...
by Jane Richey | Jan 31, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Minutes after New England fishery managers took a vote that cast doubt on the historic industry’s future, the prospects most clear to Gloucester fishermen Paul Vitale were his own. “I’m bankrupt. That’s it,” said the 40-year-old father of...
by Jane Richey | Jan 31, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made $64.2 billion in “improper payments” in fiscal 2012, according to the federal website PaymentAccuracy. The the bulk of those improper payments were made by Medicare and Medicaid, the government health-care...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Sen. David Vitter on Wednesday accused the White House of concealing the president’s regulatory agenda, and demanded information from the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA.) Vitter (La.), the top Republican on the Senate Environment and...