by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Volunteer firefighters may see their hours or benefits cut, so small fire departments can avoid providing costly insurance or paying fines for failing to insure employees, reports Colorado’s NBC 9. The likelihood that volunteers will work more than 30 hours a week is...
by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The website Regulations.gov lists 141 regulations that have been posted by federal agencies in the first three days of new year alone. Of these regulations, 119 are “rulemaking,” meaning they establish a new rule. Twenty-three are “non-rulemaking,” meaning the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law requires calorie information to be displayed on roughly 5 million vending machines in the nation. The Food and Drug Administration said the move will “assist consumers in making healthier dietary choices.” A little...
by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Still, five years into the Obama presidency, the economy is grossly underperforming. Contrary to the dominant media narrative, it’s not bad luck or the financial crisis to blame, but bad policies — from the $860 billion “stimulus” that didn’t...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
A similar situation frustrated Mary, an African-American woman small businesswoman who asked MailOnline not to publish her last name. She was leaving the Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia with two family members. ‘I had chest pains last night,...
by Jane Richey | Dec 20, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
It seems Nancy Pelosi was wrong when she said “we have to pass” ObamaCare to “find out what’s in it.” No one may ever know because the White House keeps treating the Affordable Care Act’s text as a mere suggestion subject to...
