by Jane Richey | Jan 25, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
The plan on the table in Congress would raise the federal minimum wage above $10 an hour (which is higher than all existing state rates). Obamacare’s mandate on employers, however, is already scheduled to raise the hourly cost of hiring a full-time worker past $10 an...
by Jane Richey | Jan 24, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
The “interesting” part is these villages have no electricity! he Department of Health and Human Services is spending $2,797,979 on a study that brings television to more than a dozen remote villages in Vietnam to study its impact on their culture and...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
Congress will likely need to raise the debt limit by late February to avoid a missed payment, according to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. In a letter sent to lawmakers Wednesday, Lew said the timeline for a borrowing boost has moved up slightly. When he first pressed...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A left-leaning organization that opposes white nationalism and white privilege has issued a report confirming that the tea-party movement not only is not dying, it continues to grow significantly. The report comes from the Institute for Research & Education on...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A record 20% of American households, one in five, were on food stamps in 2013, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The numbers also show there was a record number of individuals on food stamps in 2013 and that the cost of the program, the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
More lost US jobs and what will that do to the price of chicken and what about China’s food safety record? The USDA has approved the processing of U.S.-raised chickens in China, for import back into this country – and back into our supermarkets and schools. It...
