Yearly Archives
2012
Americans agree with Libertarians: Too many regulations on employers
• 47 percent of Americans say there is “too much” government regulation of business and industry. • 77 percent of Republicans, 25 percent of Democrats and 46 percent of independents agree. • 26 percent say there is “too little” regulation of business and industry. • 9 percent of Republicans, 42 percent of Democrats and 24 […]
Read moreStudents ‘just say no’ to White House-controlled school lunches
Students across the nation are speaking out against school lunch mandates handed down by the Obama White House that leave them with less food to eat at a higher price. “In Wisconsin, high school athletes are complaining about not getting enough to eat each day, due to the skimpy new school lunch menu mandated by […]
Read moreCriticizing the welfare state a big ‘so what’ to voters
Some good news this week. Criticizing how the government uses welfare to buy votes isn’t much of a negative with independent voters. • 43 percent of Americans say the secret “47 percent” video featuring comments by Mitt Romney will make “no difference” in who they vote for in the presidential race. • 51 percent of […]
Read moreCost of Obama regs comes in 20 times higher than White House estimates
“Current federal regulations plus those coming under Obamacare will cost American taxpayers and businesses $1.8 trillion annually, more than twenty times the $88 billion the administration estimates, according to a new roundup provided to Secrets from the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute,” The Washington Examiner‘s Paul Bedard reports. But CEI vice president Clyde Wayne Crews added, “according […]
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