Opposing Out-Of-Control Government Spying
by Andrew Napolitano. After President Richard Nixon
was forced from office in 1974, congressional investigators discovered
what they believed was the full extent of his use of the FBI and the CIA
to engage in domestic spying. In that pre-digital era, the spying
consisted of listening to telephone calls, opening mail, and using
undercover agents to ... MORERoss Kaminsky: Death By A Thousand Regulatory Cuts
Prepare for the worst. The public debate over the “fiscal cliff,” the combination of
automatic spending cuts and tax rate increases that our nation is
about to careen into in 2013, started the same way Republicans
always begin following an electoral setback: badly. John Boehner
seemed to be negotiating with himself, and conservative pundit ... MOREVIDEO: How The Constitution Was Destroyed
Judge Napolitano discusses the influence of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
How Much Taxation Would Fund Current Spending?
by Justin Hohn. To best understand this spending aspect of the current budget negotiations in Washington, we must answer one crucial question: how much taxation on the top income-earners would be required to fully fund the present level of government spending? To do so, we must first make the unreasonable assumption that the rich will not respond ... MOREWho Benefits From The Mortgage Interest Deduction?
by Anthony Randazzo & Dean Stansel. The federal income tax code is riddled with loopholes, deductions, and credits designed to promote various social goals and benefit assorted groups of Americans. One of the largest of these is the mortgage interest deduction (MID), which allowed taxpayers to claim benefits of $82.7 billion in ... MOREPhilly Court Strikes Blow Against Asset Forfeiture Regime
by Eric Boehm. A Commonwealth Court ruling is being hailed as a victory for property rights and a small blow against civil asset forfeiture laws, which allow the state to seize private property that may be connected to a crime. In a
decision filed last month, Commonwealth Court Judge Dan
Pellegrini called the state’s civil asset ... MORE
Nullification - An Overview Of Its Many Forms
by Benjamin W. Mankowski Sr. In the nullification movement, there are varying degrees and methods of nullifying certain federal acts. One who has been with the movement a while could forget and hyper focus on one, leaving someone new to the movement to think of nullification as a very narrow spectrum. To eliminate that ... MOREObamaCare's Cruel War On Patient-Centered Healthcare
by Sally Pipes. In just a few weeks, when the calendar flips to 2013, millions of Americans will get their first taste of Obamacare — a $2,500 cap on their flexible spending accounts. That’s down from the previous $5,000 cap — and thus equivalent to a tax hike for any family that had been putting more into their FSAs to cover out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. ... MOREJohn Stossel: Government Gone Bad
A problem that thinks its a solution. Politicians claim they make our lives better by passing laws. But laws rarely improve life. They go wrong. Unintended consequences are inevitable. Most voters don't pay enough attention to notice. They read headlines. They watch the Rose Garden signing ceremonies and hear the pundits declare that ... MORE
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