Efficient only as a bird killer. President Obama likes to talk about making sure “the biggest corporations pay their fair share.” Treasury secretary Tim Geithner calls for tax reform to close loopholes and subsidies. Budget hawks say federal spending must be curbed. Congress and federal environmental regulators claim they are doing ... MORE
by Joe Schoffstall. Nearly two months after homes in Staten Island, NY were devastated by Hurricane Sandy, residents say they’re still struggling with red tape as they try to get the government to help. FEMA “really hasn’t done much, if anything, and they’re making people go through a whole bunch of bureaucratic tape,” one resident told MRCTV. ... MORE
by Michael S. Rozeff. Do you know what the NSA is? It’s the National Security Agency. The NSA has collected an estimated 15 to 20 trillion communications involving Americans. Government spying on Americans and surveillance of Americans are rapidly increasing. The government has forced telecommunications companies to participate. This is ... MORE
by Alex Newman. Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has stirred up a hornets' nest with her latest proposal to ban so-called “assault weapons”
and standard capacity magazines while creating a federal registry of
gun owners, complete with pictures and fingerprints. Analysts say
supporting the measure would be “political suicide” for ... MORE
Daniel Halper on Obama's latest executive order. President Barack Obama issued an executive order to end the pay
freeze on federal employees, in effect giving some federal workers a
raise. One federal worker now to receive a pay increase is Vice
President Joe Biden. According to disclosure forms, Biden made a cool $225,521 last year. ... MORE