Now fines companies for not using nonexistent fuel. Why does America’s economy feel like an SUV that is running on fumes? The Obama administration’s laughably rigid enforcement of a Baby Bush–era ethanol mandate typifies today’s regulatory climate. When Uncle Sam governs with a tire iron in his hand, U.S. companies wisely pull off the road and ... MOREDeroy Murdock: EPA In Wonderland
Now fines companies for not using nonexistent fuel. Why does America’s economy feel like an SUV that is running on fumes? The Obama administration’s laughably rigid enforcement of a Baby Bush–era ethanol mandate typifies today’s regulatory climate. When Uncle Sam governs with a tire iron in his hand, U.S. companies wisely pull off the road and ... MORECal Thomas: The Stossel Solution
It works if America is still about liberty. In order to get the correct answer to anything, one must ask the right question. That is what former ABC News and current Fox News TV host John Stossel does on his weekly program. If ever there was "must see-TV," this is it. Stossel's show on Saturday, June 30 was a classic. It was called "Government, ... MOREJeff Jacoby: Minimum Wage Laws Costly To Unemployed
Minimum wage is maximum folly. Congress enacted the first federal minimum wage in 1938. A provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act, it covered about 6 million workers and set a wage floor of 25 cents per hour. It also cost a lot people their jobs. The Labor Department reported that as many as 50,000 employees, mostly poor Southern blacks, were thrown out of ... MOREVIDEO: In Transition To A Police State, America 2012
Public servants or the agents of an increasingly tyrannical state? This video displays a troubling dynamic in America. It chronicles a driver detained at three different police roadblock during a commute westbound on I-8 in southern California, a highway that NEVER intersects the international border. Probable cause is not a prerequisite for arbitrary interventions or checkpoint searches.
Laurence M Vance: Why The Drug War Should Be Ended
It should be identified for what it is, a war on freedom. The War on Drugs is a monstrous evil that has ruined more lives than drugs themselves. Taking drugs harms the person who partakes, but not those who abstain; the War on Drugs harms everyone, even those who abstain from taking drugs. Yet the Drug War enjoys bipartisan support in ... MOREPeter Schiff: The Real Fiscal Cliff
Foolish borrowing driving us over the cliff. The media is now fixated on an apparently new feature dominating the economic landscape: a “fiscal cliff” from which the United States will fall in January 2013. They see the danger arising from the simultaneous implementation of the $2 trillion in automatic spending cuts (spread over 10 years) agreed ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: We Are At A Turning Point
Do you need government permission to exercise your rights? Presently in America, nearly half of all households receive either a salary or substantial benefits from the government. Presently in America, nearly half of all adults pay no federal income taxes. Presently in America, the half that pay no income taxes receive the bulk of their income ... MORESheldon Richman: The Government's Economic Impotency
The clueless politicians guiding our economy. It should finally have dawned on the American people that the politicians who presume to guide the economy have no bloody idea what they’re doing. We’re long past the time when knowledge of economics was required to see that the government is impotent when it comes to creating economic ... MOREPaul Driessen: America Pays Dearly To Go 'Green'
War on fossil fuels means higher prices for families. President Obama has spent 3 1/2 years waging war on fossil fuels - and American consumers and families are caught in the crossfire. They are getting hit with higher energy prices, watching billions go to unfriendly overseas countries for oil we could produce in the United States, and seeing billions ... MOREJury Nullification Can Highlight Flaws In The Law
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)