by Jane Richey | Jul 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Three years and eight months later, as unemployment has exceeded 8 percent for 41 straight months, Obama seems incapable of keeping this promise. With the worst employment figures since at least 1948, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ started measuring them, Obama...
by Jane Richey | Jul 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering adding on a “green fee” on each new MetroCard to encourage riders to recycle their cards. The proposal for the $1 surcharge was contained in the agency’s preliminary budget for next year. The aim is to reduce...
by Jane Richey | Jul 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The NHS is Britain’s government-run health care system. It acts as a single-payer system which originated with the nationalization of thousands of Britain’s hospitals. According to Heritage Foundation’s Robin Harris, this “centralized, single-payer health...
by Jane Richey | Jul 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Department of Transportation has fined popular airfare search website Travelocity for violating its rules for advertising airline tickets prices. The DOT said Travelocity had not included fuel surcharges on international flights when it offered passengers the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Barack Obama defended his earlier comments that small business owners did not build their companies and rather owe it to government infrastructure. “Any business owner – small or large – they’ll tell you what also helps them succeed alongside their hard...
by Jane Richey | Jul 27, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater. Gary Harrington of Eagle Point, Ore., says he plans to appeal his conviction in Jackson County (Ore.)...
