by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2012 | Agenda 21, Politics
The Natural Resources Conservation Service, a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, operates 9,516 vehicles even though it only has 11,605 employees. That works out to one vehicle for every 1.2 employees. The service promotes itself, in part, as a component of...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Subsidies to businesses in the federal budget in Fiscal Year 2012 cost taxpayers almost $100 billion, according to a new repor tfrom the Cato Institute. “That includes direct and indirect subsidies to small businesses, large corporations, and industry organizations,”...
by Jane Richey | Apr 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The environmental left views the incredible rebirth of the American fossil fuel industry, wrought by unconventional methods (fracking and horizontal drilling), with alarm and disgust. The idea that the United States could easily fulfill all of its energy needs by...
by Jane Richey | Mar 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Schools that get their ground beef from the federal government will now have the option of buying it with or without a product that has been dubbed “pink slime.” Never have schools known whether the ground beef procured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for use in...