by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care, Politics
A bill from Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) would order more than 30 federal actions to encourage healthier living, from a penalty on certain tobacco manufacturers to targets for reducing sodium in U.S. foods. Harkin, who leads the Senate Health, Education, Labor and...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama seemed to reject entitlement reform in his second Inaugural address Monday, even saying Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security “free us to take the risks that make this country great.” “We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health...
by Jane Richey | Jan 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
During President Barack Obama’s first term, the number of Americans collecting federal disability insurance increased by 1,385,418 to a record 8,827,795. As a result, there is now one person collecting disability in this county for every 13 people working full-time....
by Jane Richey | Jan 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The number of Americans age 16 or older who decided not to work or even to seek a job increased by 8,332,000 to a record 88,839,000 in President Barack Obama’s first term, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, the number of retired workers...
by Jane Richey | Jan 18, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
A new report says the government’s program that gives families aid to pay for groceries is failing in some aspects of its execution, such as not accounting for many barriers to finding affordable, nutritious food by inner-city shoppers. The report, which was put...
by Jane Richey | Jan 16, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
A federal court on Tuesday preserved an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling that permits the sale of a high-ethanol fuel blend. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied a rehearing on the EPA decision that put fuels with a 15-percent...
