Government spends billions on obesity studies | The Daily Caller

Government spends billions on obesity studies | The Daily Caller: "The National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $830 million funding obesity studies in fiscal year 2011. Between 2008 and 2011, NIH spent over $3.3 billion on obesity research."

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Under Obama: 30 Worst Months of Employment in the Past 25 Years | The Weekly Standard

Under Obama: 30 Worst Months of Employment in the Past 25 Years | The Weekly Standard: "The federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes monthly tallies for the employment-population ratio.  That stat shows something rather straightforward:  Among those who are living in America and are free to pursue employment, what percentage are employed?  (The bureau excludes those who are under 16 years old, are active-duty military, or are — in the bureau’s own words — “inmates of institutions (for example, penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged),” from its tallies.) "

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OMG! LA Bans Plastic - Lincoln Brown - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary

OMG! LA Bans Plastic - Lincoln Brown - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary: "You can reuse them, you can recycle them, but if you own a store in Los Angeles, you had better not get caught with them. I’m talking about plastic bags which the LA City Council voted to ban on Wednesday."

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Another Obamacare Debacle - Bob Beauprez - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary

Another Obamacare Debacle - Bob Beauprez - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary: "he Affordable Care Act – aka: ObamaCare – contained an "incentive" for Small Business Owners who did not provide health care insurance for their employees to add the benefit.  Like much of the rest of the legislation that the Democrats just had to pass so we could find out what was in it, that provision appears to be yet another bust."

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