The High Price of War, Obama Pushes Forward on Gun Regs, EPA Wants Cleaner Gas: P.M. Links

• A study out of Harvard
  calculates that the combined Iraq and Afghanistan wars will cost
  the United States between
  $4 to $6 trillion after future medical costs for veterans is
  factored in. Good luck paying for that, children of tomorrow!


• President Barack Obama is moving forward with his
  promised executive actions to bolster gun control policies even
  as new regulations in the Senate face a tough road.


• Outgoing Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood says it’s a
  “done deal” for Chicago to get a
  $100 million federal loan to build six blocks worth of
  recreational activity along the Chicago River downtown. Remember
  that when the state goes crawling to the feds for a pension
  bailout.


• National Public Radio’s famous Talk
  of the Nation show will be ending after 21 years at the
  end of June.


• The EPA is looking to for gasoline manufacturers to
  reduce sulfur and nitrogen oxides in their products to curb air
  pollution. It will also, obviously, increase gas prices.


• Union interests in California are looking to expand their
  reach. Shocking, we know.
  The targets this time are interpreters who work with the
  state’s medical program for low-income families. The goal is to get
  these interpreters to pay union dues and also guarantee them $60 an
  hour in pay.

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