It may be incompetence overseas, but in USA Obama intends to reduce jobs and living standards A federal worker named Bob recently called our local talk-radio station, outraged that a failed budget deal could cause a government shutdown that leaves him unable to pay his bills. He blamed Republicans, failed to mention that compromise also…
General, Marita Noon
Rolling back the tide of big government overreach
The reason most often cited for the success of the nonpolitical candidates is the frustration with Washington; the sense that the system is broken. Voters feel that we have no control and that government has gone wild. Even people who don’t watch the news or closely follow politics are aware of the “overreach.” It seems…
General
Science & Environmental Policy Project
The Week That Was October 10th, 2015Ozone: Writing in American Thinker, physician Charles Battig of the Virginia Scientists and Engineers for Energy and Environment (VA-SEEE) produces an effective critique of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new standards for ground level ozone, which was released on October 1, 2015. The EPA press release states: “Based…
Paul Driessen
Climate Alarmists want us Prosecuted Under RICO
Losing the climate science battle, climate alarmists want government to silence skepticsThey haven’t employed the thumb screws, rack or auto-da-fe that churches and states once used to interrogate, silence and eliminate heretics and witches. However, global warming alarmists are well practiced in the modern equivalents, to protect their $1.5-trillion Climate Crisis Industry. They see only…
Tony Corvo
Lawmakers Call for Return of Cash Seized From Dairy Farmers
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are demanding the return of money seized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from a Maryland dairy farmer as part of a criminal investigation into his alleged violations of federal banking laws. Randy and Karen Sowers, owners of the South Mountain Creamery, were accused of evading federal rules prohibiting…
Ann Purvis
Crop Insurance Increases Risk
A recent report from economist Helen Fessenden of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond shows federally subsidized crop insurance encourages farmers to undertake risky practices, increasing the cost of the program. When the most recent farm bill passed in 2014, lawmakers abolished the controversial system of direct payments to farmers, but they expanded the crop…