by David G. Savage. Many Americans think badly of the government because of “gridlock” in Washington. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is not one of them. Americans “should learn to love gridlock,” he told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. “The framers (of the Constitution) would say, yes, ‘That’s exactly the way we set it up. We wanted power contradicting ... MOREJustice Scalia: Americans 'Should Learn To Love Gridlock'
by David G. Savage. Many Americans think badly of the government because of “gridlock” in Washington. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is not one of them. Americans “should learn to love gridlock,” he told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. “The framers (of the Constitution) would say, yes, ‘That’s exactly the way we set it up. We wanted power contradicting ... MOREVIDEO: Law Enforcement's Authority To Steal
Civil forfeiture laws prove the forces of tyranny are alive and well.
Government Punishes Producers With More Expense
Business gets the bill for extended UIB. WASHINGTON (AP) — States that borrowed billions from the federal government to keep unemployment benefits flowing through the recession now have to start paying those loans back, and they're hitting businesses with new assessments and higher taxes to make that happen. In all, 27 states owe the federal government nearly ... MOREDavid Harsanyi: Occupy Wall Street - A Manifesto
What's really going on at the Wall Street protests? We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men, women, and transgendered—and any other human who is able to elude the tyranny of work for a couple of weeks—are created equal. We gather to be free not of tyranny, but of responsibility and college tuitions. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that a government .... MORESharyl Attkisson: Top Cop Caught Lying To Congress
Excuses being made at fast and furious pace. New documents obtained by CBS News show Attorney General Eric Holder was sent briefings on the controversial Fast and Furious operation as far back as July 2010. That directly contradicts his statement to Congress. On May 3, 2011, Holder told a Judiciary Committee hearing, "I'm not sure of the exact date, but I ... MOREThomas Sowell: The 'Hunger' Hoax
Another lesson in political deception. Twenty years ago, hysteria swept through the media over "hunger in America." Dan Rather opened a CBS Evening News broadcast in 1991 declaring, "one in eight American children is going hungry tonight." Newsweek, the Associated Press and the Boston Globe repeated this statistic, and many others joined the media chorus, with or ... MOREScott Mayer: Free-Market Green Jobs For $2.63 A Day
Taking the challenge to do the math. I employ the services of a landscape maintenance company (AKA a gardener) to maintain my yard. The very existence of his business depends on the collection of that $80 from me ($2.63 a day) as well as the 30 or 40 other people whom he provides his services to each month. This type of service may seem like an unnecessary ... MOREWalter E Williams: Social Security Disaster
Denial is no longer an option. Politicians who are principled enough to point out the fraud of Social Security, referring to it as a lie and Ponzi scheme, are under siege. Acknowledgment of Social Security's problems is not the same as calling for the abandonment of its recipients. Instead, it's a call to take actions now, while there's time to avert a disaster. Let's look at it. ... MOREVIDEO: Green Monsters In The White House
Bad news for Barry! A peek inside the bubbling Solyndra scandal.
Grover G. Norquist: Pledge Allegiance, Just Say No
Obama foiled by tax pledge. IN 1986, the taxpayer Protection Pledge was created. The pledge is a written and signed commitment from a candidate for office to his constituents, guaranteeing that the candidate will oppose and vote against any net tax increase. Twenty-five years later, on August 2, 2011, the pledge stopped President Obama in his tracks. Obama and ... MOREMark Hemingway: Feds Make Breathing Tougher For Many
Banning asthma inhalers to fight global warming. Remember how Obama recently waived new ozone regulations at the EPA because they were too costly? Well, it seems that the Obama administration would rather make people with Asthma cough up money than let them make a surely inconsequential contribution to depleting the ozone layer: Asthma patients who rely on ... MOREJohn Hinderaker: The Smart And The Dumb
Blind to the bonanza. The smart is Harold Hamm, the founder and CEO of Continental Resources and one of America’s richest men. Hamm is one of the primary developers of the Bakken oil fields; he estimates that they contain 24 billion barrels of oil. The dumb is Barack Obama. The Wall Street Journal describes Hamm’s meeting with Obama: When it was Mr. Hamm’s turn ... MOREKathleen Parker: Our Unprepared Graduates
College students have been shortchanged. Jobs, jobs, jobs, we keep hearing. But for whom, whom, whom? Certainly not for the many young Americans being graduated from colleges that have prepared them inadequately for the competitive marketplace. The failure of colleges and universities to teach basic skills, while coddling them with plush dorms and self- ... MOREDera Enochson: Depending On The Government
Dependence runs deep. We're all becoming more and more aware of the danger of depending on any government -- and especially the current one -- but this dependence runs deeper than most of us think. There has been much discussion in recent years about the deep control of government if we let them run our health care. Although I have yet to meet a person under 30 who ... MOREJohn Stossel: Governments Don't Create Prosperity
The truth about economic growth. Politicians say they create jobs, but they really don't. Or rather, they rarely create productive jobs. Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and give them to another. The pharaohs might have claimed they created work when they ordered that pyramids be built, but think how much richer (and freer) ... MORECNN Poll: 15% Still Trust Government To Do Right Thing
What are they thinking? The public's trust in the federal government has dropped to an all-time low, according to a new national survey. A CNN/ORC International Poll released Wednesday morning indicates that only 15 percent of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what's right just about always or most of the time. Last September that figure was at ... MOREChris Banescu: Coddling Misinformation About Taxation
Top 10% pay 70% of all taxes. Warren Buffett and President Obama claim that the rich do not pay enough taxes. They both accuse the American tax code of being unfair and coddling the rich. Both have been pushing the same class warfare narrative for years, using current U.S. capital gains and dividends taxation rates as evidence for their big-government ... MOREThomas Sowell: Politics Vs Economics
The focus is on the next election, not the next generation. They say "all politics is local." But economic decisions impact the whole economy and reverberate internationally. That is why politicians' meddling with the economy creates so many disasters. The time horizon of politics seldom reaches beyond the next election. But, in economics, when an oil ... MORE
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