by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Regulations that went into effect in 2013 cost Americans $112 billion – or $447 million for each of the 251 days the federal government was open – according to a study by the American Action Forum (AAF), which predicts that the regulatory burden will increase to...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he has selected the first set of “Promise Zones,” economically challenged communities that will receive tax incentives and grants to combat poverty through education, increased access to housing and crime reduction....
by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Federal regulators worked hard to create more busywork for Americans this past year. In 2013, regulators added an estimated 157.9 million hours of paperwork to comply with the 80,224 new pages of regulations in the Federal Register, according to a report released by...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
A 1976 American Economic Association survey found that 90 percent of its members agreed that increasing the minimum wage raises unemployment among young and unskilled workers. A 1990 survey reported in the American Economic Review (1992) found that 80 percent of...
by Jane Richey | Jan 6, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
In order to expedite the investigations, the IRS has enlisted a team of 150 full-time employees, many of whom are lawyers, working to produce more than 500,000 pages of documents requested by congressional oversight committees. John Koskinen — who was sworn in Monday...
by Jane Richey | Jan 6, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
A change in tax policy implemented Jan. 1 will prevent restaurant workers from collecting automatic gratuities — the added 18 percent fee many restaurants charge to groups of eight or more — as part of their tips. Instead, that added fee will be included in their...
