by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Environmental Protection Agency collected $252 million in civil and criminal penalties in fiscal year 2012 – an all-time record amount, and more than twice the $168 million assessed in fiscal 2011, according to the agency’s annual enforcement results. The agency...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Ethanol and biofuel mandates in the U.S. and Europe are fueling rising hunger in Guatemala, which now has the fourth-highest rate of child malnutrition in the world — higher than in many less developed countries in Africa: With its corn-based diet and proximity to the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 9, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The state of the tea party evokes Mark Twain: Reports of its death were an exaggeration. Tea party activists who say they deliberately sat out the fiscal cliff debate are ready to reassert themselves as Congress and the Obama administration take up the debt ceiling...
by Jane Richey | Jan 9, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
The Department of Transportation is proposing new regulations that would require hybrid and electric cars to make more noise when their engines are running. The rules are designed to make it easier for pedestrians to hear the quiet automobiles when they are...
by Jane Richey | Jan 9, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
With President Obama back in office and his life-saving “fiscal cliff” bill jammed through Congress, the new year has brought a surprising turn of events for his sycophantic supporters. “What happened that my Social Security withholding’s in my paycheck just went up?”...
by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Politics
Here’s a list of 13 tax increases which began on January 1, 2013: 1.) Payroll Tax 2.) Top Marginal Tax Rate 3.) Phase out of personal exemption 4.) Phase out of itemized deductions 5.) Tax rate on investments 6.) Death Tax 7.) Taxes on business investment Tax...
