by Jane Richey | May 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Where do food stamps come from? They come from taxpayers—certainly not from family farms. Yet the “farm” bill, a recurring subsidy-fest in Congress, is actually 80 percent food stamps and other government nutrition programs. The food stamps sweeten the farm deal for...
by Jane Richey | May 20, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
A new website on prison poetry was launched this week with assistance from a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Prisonpoetryworkshop.org debuted online this week and features readings of poems written by incarcerated inmates. Among the titles...
by Jane Richey | May 20, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The federal government is spending $146,944 in taxpayer funds to research sending automated text messages to people with depression to remind them to take their medication and monitor their mood and thoughts. The text messages will “prompt patients to monitor mood,...
by Jane Richey | May 16, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Health Care
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Wednesday the second round of about $1 billion in “Health Care Innovation Awards,” as part of the ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. “We’re going to announce the latest steps...
by Jane Richey | May 16, 2013 | Education Issues, Fiscal Responsibility
The outstanding balance for all of the direct student loans the federal government has issued topped $600 billion in April, according to newly released data from the U.S. Treasury. The total balance hit $600.457 billion by the end of April, says the Treasury, up from...
by Jane Richey | May 13, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Senator Pat Toomey said he disagreed with strong White House opposition to legislation to set top priorities for government payments after this month’s expiration of the debt ceiling extension. Toomey vowed to push for action on his own alternative to the...
