Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration The annual cost of federal regulations in the United States increased to more than $1.75 trillion in 2008. Had every U.S. household paid an equal share of the federal regulatory burden, each would have owed $15,586 in 2008....

Cost of “un” care… why do we stand for this?

CEPR – NYT columnist Ross Douthat told readers today that: “And as everybody knows, the only way to really bring the budget into balance is to reform (i.e., cut) Medicare and Social Security.” Of course everybody who knows anything about the budget...

Over 50% of oil spill remains in Gulf, scientist says

WASHINGTON (Via Google AFP)  — More than half the oil released from a busted BP well remains in the Gulf of Mexico, a presidential panel was told Monday, as the US pointman lamented a “dysfunctional” response to the disaster.Interior Secretary Ken Salazar...

U.S. Health Stats at a Glance

HTML clipboardAMERICAN HEALTH STATS: All Stats – nationmaster.com Abortions 1,210,880   [2nd of 19] Age of women at first childbirth 24.9 years old   [15th of 17] Breast cancer incidence 21.2 per 100,000 females   [17th of 26] Daily smokers 17.5%   [29th of 30]...

H.R. 5892 Water Resources Development Act of 2010

H.R. 5892 would authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct about 240 new studies to determine the feasibility of specific projects. Those individual projects are related to reducing damage from floods, protecting streambanks and shorelines, improving navigation,...

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