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...
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...
