On February 13, 2013, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on the broadband stimulus programs managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS).
Medicare Costs per Beneficiary are Skyrocketing
Although one of the main drivers of Medicare’s unsustainable cost structure is that as the baby boomer generation retires, more people will be enlisting and using its services, this is not the only driver.
Pay No Attention to Those Political Appointees Behind the Curtain
Recently, the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard informed readers that President’s Obama’s top political appointees make an average of $142,691 annually.
Provocative Social Security Reforms
America has a significant, current and growing problem with both the absolute amount of entitlement spending, as well as the portion of total Federal governmental spending represented by this spending category.
More Hysterics from Organizing for Action
Just got hold of yet another email from Organizing for Action, President Obama’s perpetual campaign operation, about the sequester.
Time to Act on IG Recommendations
The House and Senate (after four years) Budget Committees will mark up the fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget resolution next week.
To Catch a Thief
‘Tis the season…for tax refund fraud. And the 2012 filing season promises to be a whooper when it comes to taxpayers’ refunds being ripped off.
Medicaid Expansion: Put It on My Tab
Sequestration will reduce the rate of growth in federal spending, but it nonetheless presented something of a predicament for budget hawks.
The Fed Boat: A Career on Cruise-Control
On February 5, the Washington Post reported that President Obama and his emissaries – particularly in the federal-employee-intensive enclaves of the D.C. suburbs in Virginia and Maryland – were sounding the alarm of a potential furlough if the dreaded sequester (automatic spending cuts) went into effect. On Friday, March 1, with no alternative agreement among the White House, the Democratic-controlled Senate, and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, the sequestration took effect.
Light at the End of the Pipeline
At a time when the national debt exceeds $16.5 trillion, the unemployment rate is 7.9 percent, and the United States is searching for ways to reduce dependence on oil from the Middle East, it sure would be nice to have a project that assuages all three concerns at the same time. Such a project exists – it is called the Keystone Pipeline. Yet despite the overwhelming evidence of the positive impact that the pipeline would have on the American economy, as of March 7, 2013, the Obama Administration and the State Department had delayed making a decision to approve or reject the project for 1,630 days.