Suffocated by gov't spending, subsidies and debt. A word of caution for kids heading off to college this year: Your degree may be worth less and cost more than you think. Your job prospects will likely be grim, whether or not you get that sheepskin. Oh, and you're on the hook for trillions in federal debt racked up by your parents and ... MOREVeronique de Rugy: The Kids Aren't All Right
Suffocated by gov't spending, subsidies and debt. A word of caution for kids heading off to college this year: Your degree may be worth less and cost more than you think. Your job prospects will likely be grim, whether or not you get that sheepskin. Oh, and you're on the hook for trillions in federal debt racked up by your parents and ... MOREObamaCare: What If It Were Fire Insurance?
by Gary North. What if ObamaCare were fire insurance? It would be very special. You could buy a policy after a smoke detector in your home started blaring. When you hear “pre-existing condition,” think “blaring smoke detector.” The insurance company has a sales offer: “We insure you AFTER your home catches on fire!” It’s a great offer . . . to ... MOREBrian Cates: The True Purpose Of ObamaCare
A single payer Trojan Horse. The Affordable Care Act is already doing a fantastic job at it's true purpose: taking great health insurance plans away from people and replacing them with either a much higher-priced, inferior plan or....nothing. In all the discussion about ObamaCare, many people are missing the point about the true purpose of ... MORE
"Terrifying" Surveillance Tactics Shut Down Privacy Service
by Ryan Gallagher. Yet another American Internet privacy service has bitten the dust,
prompted by fears about broad government surveillance demands. San Francisco-based CryptoSeal,
a provider of virtual private networks that can be used to browse the
Internet anonymously, has closed its doors to users of its private VPN ... MOREPublic Support For Marijuana Legalization Hits Record High
by Adam Wollner. A record number of Americans are in favor of legalizing marijuana, according to a new released Tuesday. The
poll, which was conducted Oct. 3-6, reports that 58 percent of the
public supports the legalization of marijuana, while 39 percent opposes
it. The tide of public opinion appears to be rapidly turning in favor of ... MOREIRS Paid Out $110 Billion In EITC To The Unqualified
One in five dollars squandered on improper payments. The Internal Revenue Service has paid out more than $110 billion in tax credits over the past decade to people who didn't qualify for them, a Treasury report has revealed. The Earned Income Tax Credits were intended for poor working families but the report showed that one in five ... MORE
High Court To Decide The Future Of Civil Asset Forfeiture
Don't expect gov't court to curb gov't powers. On Wednesday October 16, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Kaley v. United States. This case will undoubtedly be a landmark decision on the legality of civil asset forfeiture, a “government seizure of property and cash, even when the owner isn’t charged [with] a crime.” ... MOREWalter E Williams: Loving And Hating America
Check with those voting with their feet. As I've documented in the past, many leftist teachers teach our youngsters to hate our country. For example, University of Hawaii Professor Haunani-Kay Trask counseled her students, "We need to think very, very clearly about who the enemy is. The enemy is the United States of America and everyone who ... MOREThomas Sowell: Race-Hustling Results
Scoring the racial grievance industry. Years ago, someone said that, according to the laws of aerodynamics, bumblebees cannot fly. But the bumblebees, not knowing the laws of aerodynamics, go ahead and fly anyway. Something like that happens among people. There have been many ponderous academic writings and dour editorials in the ... MOREIra Stoll: The ObamaCare Disaster Has Arrived
Get ready for much worse. For a sense of where the health care policy debate in America is headed, look no further than Massachusetts, where Romneycare was a state-run demonstration project for Obamacare. Here, activists with ties to the Massachusetts State Nurses Association are organizing to place a question on the 2014 ... MORE
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