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02/29/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

This is how you solve the food stamp generational dependency problem

(BigGovernment.news) For any politician who is really serious about ending generational welfare, they need to take a page from the playbook of rock-ribbed, outspoken conservative Gov. Paul LePage of Maine. Yes, Maine. As noted by the Washington Examiner, the policies have been so successful LePage is ready to proclaim his state as a model for the […]

02/26/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Lack of enrollment in failing Obamacare exchanges means taxpayer costs are exploding

(BigGovernment.news) Sometimes it’s no fun being right, but those who predicted early on that the so-called business model upon which the Affordable Care Act is premised was doomed to fail from the outset are being vindicated. John R. Graham, in blog post at the National Center for Policy Analysis, wrote recently that the federal government’s […]

02/25/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Study: Minimum wage hikes lead to less employment for low-skilled workers

(BigGovernment.news) A new study has born out critics’ predictions about disproportionately high minimum wage hikes – namely, that they depress employment for low-wage workers. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the study found that minimum wage increases cut employment opportunities for low-skilled workers by some 6 points during the Great Recession. “This period’s […]

02/24/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

California has lots of water – but too much abusive regulation prevents it from flowing

(BigGovernment.news) Everyone knows that California is mired in a four-year-old drought that has been punishing in many respects. With that in mind you’d be surprised to learn that the state actually has enough water for all, but as usual, liberal nanny state government is preventing it from flowing. As reported by Watchdog.org, a new desalination plant […]

02/23/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Obamacare will be a job killer for years to come: CBO

(BigGovernment.news) The Affordable Care Act is the nightmare that will keep repeating itself over and over again long after the president responsible for it is out of office. A recent report [PDF] from the Congressional Budget Office estimated that some 2 million workers may opt out of the workforce over the next decade because of […]

02/22/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Government agency’s solution to deer overpopulation: Spend taxpayer money on ovary removal

(BigGovernment.news) Deer hunting season in Maryland began in late November, but one government agency’s solution to being overrun by the four-legged omnivores is puzzling – and, ultimately, costly to the taxpayers. As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, the Bethesda campus where the National Institutes of Health is located has too many deer roaming freely, […]

02/19/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Investment in businesses is drying up and Uncle Sam’s regulatory regime is largely to blame

(BigGovernment.news) It’s been said time and again but unfortunately, few in Washington are listening: The federal bureaucracy is crushing the nation’s capitalistic spirit and with it, the chance to grow the economy and expand opportunities for all Americans. As reported by The Wall Street Journal recently, companies are increasingly reluctant to increase spending on basic […]

02/18/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

The many ways Obamacare is killing employment

(BigGovernment.news) Defenders of the Affordable Care Act have resolutely denied that the law has hurt employment, but that’s primarily because they are choosing to ignore evidence that suggest otherwise. A recent New York Times piece actually highlighted what a job killer Obamacare continues to be, even if that wasn’t the primary focus of the article […]

02/17/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

VA officials who defrauded taxpayers will get to keep the money – and their jobs

(BigGovernment.news) It’s no wonder a huge majority of Americans no longer trust their government to do the right thing. As reported by the Washington Examiner, two Department of Veterans Affairs officials who were accused of defrauding the agency of $400,000 will be allowed to keep the taxpayer money after receiving demotions and unspecified pay cuts […]

02/16/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Obama Administration unleashed thousands of new regulations before Thanksgiving

(BigGovernment.news) As tens of millions of Americans were preparing for Thanksgiving, the Obama regime was preparing to release thousands of new regulations sure to further stifle economic growth and add additional costs to goods and services. Also, noted The Daily Caller, which reported that the administration unleashed 2,224 new federal rules, the actions portend what […]

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