Employers, Unions Outraged by $63-Per-Worker Obamacare Fee

A provision buried inside Obamacare will force many employers to pay an extra $63 per employee next year. Analysts say most of the cost will likely be passed on to workers. “At a time when we are facing economic uncertainty,” said Chantel Sheaks of Buck Consultants, a subsidiary of Xerox, “[companies will] be hit with a multimillion-dollar assessment without getting anything back for it.” 16 Mar 2013

Sen. Collins: Obama Couldn't Eat Without His Food Taster

“He honestly did look longingly at it,” said Collins. “But apparently he has to have essentially a taster, and I pointed out to him that we were all tasters for him, that if the food had been poisoned all of us would have keeled over..." 15 Mar 2013

NYC Food Stamp Use Doubles Under Mayor Bloomberg

According to the Independent Budget Office (IBO), 800,000 New Yorkers received food stamps in 2002. Today, New York City has 1.8 million food stamp recipients, costing taxpayers $3.4 billion a year. 15 Mar 2013

LA Times: Illegal Immigration Can Reduce Global Warming

The Los Angeles Times ran a Thursday editorial by Middlebury College Professor Bill McKibben arguing that allowing millions of illegal immigrants into America will reduce global warming. 14 Mar 2013

Kelsey Grammer Lost Hundreds of Thousands 'Investing in Windmills'

Former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer says he has blown through over a hundred thousand dollars investing in windmills. 14 Mar 2013

Sen. Sessions Blasts Democrats: 'Grow The Economy, Not The Government'

After four years of the Democrat-led Senate failing to produce a budget, the Senate Budget Committee began work Wednesday on a budget at a committee mark-up session. 14 Mar 2013

NYT on Detroit Debacle: White Republican 'Undemocratic Seizure of Control'

The Times’ Herculean effort to inject race into a story about Detroit’s moribund financial status and pending state takeover may telegraph the left’s next move in shifting the Detroit narrative away from failed Democratic policies to one of a racial power grab by Michigan’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. 13 Mar 2013

Ron Meyer, Age 23, Explores Run for Congress

Conservative spokesman Ron Meyer, 23, announced on Wednesday that he is forming an exploratory committee for a possible 2014 run for Congress against Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). If elected, Meyer, who will turn 25 just prior to the election, would be among the youngest persons ever elected to the U.S. Congress. 13 Mar 2013

Democrats Release 'Discussion Draft' of Carbon Tax Bill

House Democrats released a “discussion draft” of carbon tax legislation Tuesday and requested feedback on whether pricing per ton of carbon should result in a $15, $25, or $35 tax, as well as whether the price per ton annual increase should be 2% or up to 8%. 12 Mar 2013

Electric Car Manufacturing's Massive Carbon Footprint

...manufacturing electric cars, which involves mining for lithium, produces over twice the amount of carbon-dioxide emissions (30,000 pounds for an electric car versus 14,000 for a conventional vehicle) as gas-powered cars. 11 Mar 2013