by Jane Richey | Jan 31, 2013 | Agenda 21
Former US vice president Al Gore, who sold out to the same Arab oil he made an environmental career out of pretending to fight, may hold first place as the world’s number one environmental snake oil salesman. But his one-time partner in the largely bogus Chicago...
by Jane Richey | Jan 31, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The nation’s long-term fiscal outlook hasn’t significantly improved following the recent agreement between Congress and the White House over tax and spending issues, according to a new analysis. The “fiscal cliff” deal, combined with the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 31, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Minutes after New England fishery managers took a vote that cast doubt on the historic industry’s future, the prospects most clear to Gloucester fishermen Paul Vitale were his own. “I’m bankrupt. That’s it,” said the 40-year-old father of...
by Jane Richey | Jan 31, 2013 | Health Care
The Obama administration adopted a strict definition of affordable health insurance that will deny federal financial assistance to millions of Americans with modest incomes who cannot afford family coverage offered by employers. In deciding whether an employer’s...
by Jane Richey | Jan 31, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made $64.2 billion in “improper payments” in fiscal 2012, according to the federal website PaymentAccuracy. The the bulk of those improper payments were made by Medicare and Medicaid, the government health-care...