My Head May Explode
1 September 2011
- D.C. Nonprofit Accused Of Using HIV/AIDS Grant Money For Strip Joint A nonprofit in Washington, D.C. is being sued for allegedly using HIV/AIDS grant money to spruce up a warehouse that eventually became Stadium Club, a combination steakhouse and strip club.
- Regulatory overreach? Try regulatory oh-my-God. Progressive regulators have recently gone on a rampage, trying to destroy the country with bureaucratic insanity as quickly as possible before a libertarian counter-revolution in 2012.
- Obama’s Labor Secretary: Illegal Aliens Have a ‘Right to a Legal Wage’ New “partnership” agreements that U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis signed with a number of Latin American nations are aimed at protecting both legal and illegal workers in this country by educating employers and workers about health, safety, and salary laws. Solis’s comments at the signing ceremony Monday contradicted immigration law, as defined on the Labor Department’s own website.
Obama Administration Cracks Down on Gibson Guitars
The Obama administration is cracking down on the non-union Gibson Guitar company in an investigation into contraband wood. That’s right, wood. Is this a legitimate environmental investigation, or a buddy pass to Obama’s union pals? Find out.
Arizona Budget Problems Tied to Stop Smoking Campaigns
Reason reports that Arizona has a problem that may turn out to be bigger than illegal immigration. Not enough people are smoking. You read that right. Not enough people are smoking.
Like many states, Arizona’s public finances are in miserable shape. And much of the state’s budget trouble can be attributed to a decade-old decision to finance an expansion of low-income health insurance coverage with revenue dependent on tobacco industry profits.
A little more than a decade ago, the state grew its low-income health insurance rolls, claiming the new enrollees would be paid for by revenue from a deal with tobacco industry. Now, with smoking rates (and tobacco industry revenues) falling, a budget crisis brewing, and a growing number of individuals eligible for Medicaid, the state has chosen to pare back its health coverage for low-income adults.