by Ben Goad. The Internal Revenue Service on Friday unveiled its proposal to raise tens of billions of dollars through annual fees on health insurers, prompting fierce criticism from industry groups who warn the costs will be passed along to consumers. The proposed rule from President Obama's healthcare law will be published for public ... MOREIRS Moves To Collect Billions In Fees From Healthcare Law
by Ben Goad. The Internal Revenue Service on Friday unveiled its proposal to raise tens of billions of dollars through annual fees on health insurers, prompting fierce criticism from industry groups who warn the costs will be passed along to consumers. The proposed rule from President Obama's healthcare law will be published for public ... MOREThe Best Gun Control Measure Is Always A Job
by Thomas J. Basile. The President is in full campaign mode crisscrossing the nation talking about the need to curb gun violence through a host of new gun control measures. Characteristically he’s using children and families as props, and in homage to public employee unions no doubt, is throwing first responders into the mix at his events as well. ... MOREFounder: Subway Would Not Exist If Started Today
Company would have been strangled by regulations. The founder of Subway restaurants is slamming the government for
harsh regulations he says hurt small businesses, saying he would not
have been able to successfully start his company in today's climate. Fred Deluca told CNBC Wednesday that he believes government
regulations are ... MOREGene Beato: Government-Issued Comics For Propaganda
How government turned comic books into propaganda. Comic books, psychiatrist Fredric Wertham argued
in a 1953 Ladies Home Journal article that preceded his
1954 best-seller, Seduction of the Innocent, were
instruction manuals for everything from shoplifting in department
stores to tween lust-murder. If one were to set out how to teach children ... MORERasmussen Poll: 6% Rate News Media As Very Trustworthy
What are they thinking? Most voters still get their news from television and consider the news reported by the media generally trustworthy. Fifty-six percent (56%) of Likely U.S. Voters say they get most of their news from TV, including 32% who get it from cable news networks and 24% who get it from traditional network news. A new ... MOREWhat Does DOJ REALLY Think About Gun Control?
by Melancton Smith. According
to a DOJ memo obtained by the NRA, Washington really knows that assault
weapons are infrequently used in crimes and that banning high capacity
magazines really will not change anything. These are just drums beat by
the administration to get the public in a frenzy over the “epidemic” of
gun violence. So what do they ... MOREWhy Blacks And Women Should Not Have Guns
by William A Levinson. The Democratic Party believes that it owns the African-American vote, and it also looks to women for much of its support. This support requires serious reconsideration. The Colorado Democratic Party, as represented by State Rep. Joe Salazar, has said openly that women are too mentally unstable to handle firearms ... MOREJ Sullum: Where Does A Cop With An 80-lb Dog Search?
Answer: Anywhere he wants. Imagine that a police officer, after taking it upon himself to search someone's car, is asked to explain why he thought he would find contraband there. "A little birdie told me," he replies. Most judges would react with appropriate skepticism to such a claim. But substitute "a big dog" for "a little birdie," and you've ... MORE
America In Denial As Fiscal Tsunami Appoaches
by Gene Healy. It's hard to hear yourself think over all the caterwauling on Capitol Hill about the looming sequestration "crisis." For opponents of the spending cuts—at $85 billion, 2.3 percent of the $3.6 trillion federal budget—the rallying cry is half Lord Keynes, half St. Augustine: "Grant me chastity and continence—but not yet." But the time for a little ... MORE
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