by Jane Richey | Jun 6, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a grant of $149,992 to study the on-campus food choices of college students.The grant was awarded to Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey for the “Prevention of Late Adolescent Obesity in the College...
by Jane Richey | May 31, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is planning to spend $40,267 in taxpayer funds to provide the public with a centralized drop off location for pet tortoises and tortoises found in developed or urban areas and provide for their temporary care. “We have a unique...
by Jane Richey | May 29, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The first top-to-bottom audit of the Federal Reserve uncovered eye-popping new details about how the U.S. provided a whopping $16 trillion in secret loans to bail out American and foreign banks and businesses during the worst economic crisis since the Great...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The city of Philadelphia has lost key documents proving whether fat tax breaks to some nonprofit institutions are justified. Schools, hospitals, museums, community groups and other institutions enjoy property-tax exemptions worth millions of dollars each year. In...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday said the economy must show signs of sustained improvement before the central bank will curtail its long-running monetary stimulus program. Bernanke offered no timeline as to when the Fed would begin reducing purchases...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Congress and the Obama administration have scrapped just a fraction of the duplicative programs targeted for cuts by Government Accountability Office (GAO), the agency’s chief told lawmakers Wednesday. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro said just 12 percent of more...
