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Average Federal Spending Per Household Nearly $30K
Did you know that the National Institutes of Health spent $374,000 to find out if a puppet show would convince preschoolers to eat more vegetables?… Read More
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N.Y. Labor Official Defends ‘Independent’ Investigation After Union Linked to Papa John’s Case
Two state labor officials have publicly acknowledged there are ample opportunities for “community organizers” and labor unions to partner with government agencies to enforce workplace laws… Read More
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Obama Administration Now Has 1,000 Government Investigators Targeting Businesses for Minimum Wage Violations
Under President Obama, government officials are aggressively enforcing the law against employers who fail to pay the minimum wage, deny overtime compensation and misclassify workers… Read More
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2% of American Workers Have Been Unemployed for At Least Six Months
Some economic indicators, including the short-term unemployment rate, have recovered to levels associated with “normal times.” But long-term unemployment remains high: Almost 2 percent of the labor… Read More
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The Government Owns Over 623 Million Acres. Why Does It Need More?
Insatiable – that would seem to be the word that best describes the appetite of some in Congress and their friends in the environmental community…. Read More
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Eat My Shorts! Bart Simpson Takes On Teacher Unions
CULLMAN, Ala. — Teacher unions finally met a foe they couldn’t conquer in the form of the yellow, spiky-haired Bart Simpson. Those unions were skewered… Read More
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The Midterms Don’t Matter to Obama. He Still Controls All the Regulatory Agencies.
The election results were a crushing political blow for the Obama administration, giving Republicans firm control of both houses of Congress for the final two… Read More
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Watch Robots Replace Waiters at This Restaurant
Next time you go out to eat, a new kind of waiter might serve you. One restaurant owner in China has replaced his traditional wait… Read More
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November Jobs Report Gives Insight into Why Most Americans Think the Economy Is Lousy
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ November employment report showed solid economic growth, but also provides clues about why many Americans report unhappiness with the economy. The… Read More
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Pa. Workforce Agency Contests Audit Stating Agency Misspent Nearly $250K on Goldfish, Food
PITTSBURGH — A job training agency in northwest Pennsylvania is asking the state for a repayment plan after a finding that nearly $250,000 was misspent…. Read More
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Officials Can’t Say How Government-Owned Internet Will Create Jobs
NASHVILLE — Kimball, Tenn., Mayor Rex Pesnell said broadband Internet in his town of about 1,400 will help economic development, but so far he’s short… Read More
One More Year of Tax Extenders: Paving the Way for Reform in 2015
Yesterday, the House passed a one-year extension for the “tax extenders”—a package of approximately 50 tax-reducing policies that expired at the end of 2013. The… Read More
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EPA Employees Paid More Than $1 Million to Not Work
How would you like to get paid a full-time salary plus benefits for not working, and without taking any sick days? Sounds like a dream,… Read More
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Since Obama Took Office, the Federal Debt Has Increased by Almost 70 Percent
The federal government hit a new milestone Friday: The total federal debt now tallies more than $18 trillion. Just six years ago when President Obama… Read More
In 2 Charts: Why the ‘War on Poverty’ Should Be Renamed the ‘War on Marriage’
“First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage.” Sort of. I grew up singing the “K-I-S-S-I-N-G” jingle with my… Read More
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Farmers Blast Governor’s Hunger Initiative
RICHMOND, Va. — Market-minded Virginia farmers aren’t buying into Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s government initiative aimed at feeding more hungry children. “If the governor really wants… Read More
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Americans Are Spending 42 Percent More on Health Insurance Than They Did in 2007
Data on consumer spending show that spending on health insurance surged 42 percent from 2007 to 2013, according to analysis by the Wall Street Journal…. Read More
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Little Conservative Group Gives Up in Nonprofit Status Battle with IRS
MADISON, Wis. – Marve Munyon and his two fellow members on the Rock River Patriots board of directors finally were forced to throw up their… Read More
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Germany Considers Outlawing Employers Emailing Employees After Work Hours
Germans refer to “Close of Business” as Feierabend, which literally translated means something like party night. Now some in Germany want to impose a work… Read More
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This Chart Shows Why Social Security Will Be Broke in 10 Years
Social Security’s trustees projected in 1983 that the recently enacted Social Security reforms would keep the program active for at least the next 75 years,… Read More
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Union, Prosecutor Team to Push Papa John’s to Pay More
A union operative generously praised New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman when he announced he was taking a Papa John’s pizza franchisee to court on… Read More
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The Internet Doesn’t Need More Regulation, Mr. President
Like Theodore Roosevelt, Barack Obama knows that the presidency makes an effective bully pulpit — even when you have historically low approval ratings. He showed… Read More
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Why Did This Teachers Union Ban Coca-Cola?
American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest teachers unions in the United States, passed a resolution last week to ban Coca-Cola from its facilities… Read More
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Teachers Union Lost 272,014 Members on His Watch, Then Gave Him a Big Raise
The recently retired president of the National Education Association received a huge pay raise this year even though the union he led lost more than 40,000… Read More
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Memo to Elizabeth Warren: Here’s the Right Way to Make Financial Markets Safer
Recently I had the pleasure of testifying at a Senate hearing. The topic was “Improving Financial Institution Supervision: Examining and Addressing Regulatory Capture.” “Regulatory capture” refers… Read More
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Virginia Woman Admits to $7.2 Million Child-Credit Tax Scam
More than a year after it was reported the IRS sent thousands of refunds to the tiny town of Parksley, Va., a woman has pleaded… Read More
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How Much Obamanomics Has Cost Us
What has been the price tag for the audacious Obamanomics experiment? How much has it all cost — the bailouts, the debt, the stimulus plans,… Read More
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40,000 Telecom Workers Don’t Want to Join Union but Must Pay Mandatory Dues
Communications Workers of America collects mandatory fees from more than 40,000 workers who don’t want to join the union. Based on the union’s 2014 annual report… Read More
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How the Government’s Decision to Declare This Species Threatened May Hurt Its Survival
No good deed goes unpunished. Or at least, such was the case earlier this month when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Gunnison… Read More
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Cartoon: Taxpayers Are Always on the Hook
From Rachel Greszler’s piece published Nov. 24: If you’re a worker and you have a pension, there’s a government agency that will pay that… Read More
