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fraud

Obamacare: Open season for fraud

As if the Affordable Care Act's massive increase in government intervention in the U.S. health care system was not enough of a problem, it appears that the system practically invites waste, fraud and abuse, according to a series of government oversight reports. In the latest report, the

congress

Government forces Airbnb, others into lobbying game

As more cities consider imposing restrictions on short-term lodging in private residences, purveyors of the service, like Airbnb, have not been idle. This year, for the first time, Airbnb and others have registered lobbyists in Sacramento and, according to a recent report in the Orange County Register, "Airbnb reported

finances

Nation awash in debt

A couple of recent reports illustrate just how dire the United States federal government's debt situation really is. The federal government took in a record $2.9 trillion in tax revenues for the first 11 months of the fiscal year (through the end of August), up about 7.