While grandma is frisked at the airport, terrorists may have drones as weapons.
The Top 20% Paid 94.1% of Income Taxes in 2009
This chart is based on data in the recently-released CBO report "Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2008 and 2009," showing the share of federal income taxes paid by income group in 2009. In 2009, almost all (94.1%) federal income taxes collected were paid by just one-fifth of Americans (top quintile) and the top 1% paid almost 39% of all taxes collected. In contrast, the lowest and second quintiles were net "tax collectors" because that 40% of Americans received more in ... MORE
Steve Conover: The Essential Lesson Of The Auto Bailout
Punishing success. What do companies get when they act responsibly? Government-subsidized competition. On July 5 in the swing state of Ohio, President Obama treated voters to his campaign-2012 synopsis of the 2009 auto industry bailout: "When the American auto industry was on the brink of collapse and more than one million ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: All 3 Branches Now Above The Law
What do we do about it? The greatest distinguishing factor between countries in which there is some freedom and those where authoritarian governments manage personal behavior is the Rule of Law. The idea that the very laws that the government is charged with enforcing could restrain the government itself is uniquely Western and was accepted with ... MORE
Michael Barone: Is Success A Gift From Government?
Barack Obama obviously thinks so. Perhaps the rain made the teleprompter unreadable. That's one thought I had on pondering Barack Obama's comments to a rain-soaked rally in Roanoke, Va., last Friday. Perhaps he didn't really mean what he said. Or perhaps -- as is often the case with people -- when unanchored from a prepared text he ... MOREElizabeth Price Foley: Restore Federalism
It isn't a bad word. Don't change the text. Change the attitude with more judicial engagement in enforcing existing, critical constitutional features — in particular: federalism. To some, the F word is constitutional obscenity. It is relabeled "states' rights" and followed by reference to slavery and the Confederacy. This taps into deep emotions but ... MOREJohn Stossel: First Jobs
What was your first job? I stuck pieces of plastic and metal together at an Evanston, Ill., assembly line. We produced photocopiers for a company called American Photocopy. I hated the work. It was hot and boring. But it was useful. It taught me to get good grades in school so I might have other choices. Four years later, good grades got me a job as a researcher ... MOREVIDEO: Man Shot And Killed By Cops For Defending Home
Death by government. Are police protectors of liberty or just agents of the state?
Brian LaSorsa: What's So Bad About Discrimination
It's about private property, get over it. About two months ago I mentioned my disappointment that Raleigh, NC lacked Southern culture, only to be informed in the comment section that true sweet-tea-drinking Southerners don't even consider the city to be part of the South. The longer I stay in this godforsaken place the better I understand ... MOREBill Zongker: Campaign Cash Vs. Free Speech
A red flag for First Amendment proponents. Most Americans know they have a constitutional right to freedom of speech, but a clear majority does not think that implies allowing unlimited spending by corporations or labor unions on political campaigns, according to a new survey. Americans oppose unlimited campaign spending by corporations and unions ... MOREMichael Tanner: Romney's Chance To Embrace Outsourcing
He should point out the benefits of capitalism. There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, that Milton Friedman was touring the Chinese countryside when he came upon a government project where workers were digging a canal. Friedman was surprised that instead of bulldozers and modern earth-moving equipment, the workers were ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Are Race Riots News?
Clever demagogues and gullible followers make toxic combo. When I first saw a book with the title, "White Girl Bleed A Lot" by Colin Flaherty, I instantly knew what it was about, even though I had not seen the book reviewed anywhere, and knew nothing about the author. That is because I had encountered that phrase before, while doing research ... MOREI'm Finally Leaving America's Crazed Police State
by David Seaman. Dudes, I'm done with this. I'm leaving the United States today, and won't be back for a while. I recently visited my childhood hometown and noticed a whole bunch of brand new surveillance cameras at nearly every intersection and street corner; this is just a town, mind you, not some city of national or ... MORE
Breitbart: Online Purchases Soon To Be Taxed Nationwide
It you can click on it, tax it! Small companies who want to sell their products online are in real trouble. Some Republican governors, eager to enrich their thinning state coffers, are endorsing a tax that would be imposed on products sold online.According to the National Conference of State Legislatures Strapped, states could reap as much as ... MOREVIDEO: Cops Taser Nonviolent Man After Jaywalking
Police State: Florida police assault man for not giving I.D. after jaywalking. Zikomo Peurifoy was initially stopped by officers in Casselberry, Florida, for allegedly ignoring crosswalk signals. However, after Peurifoy refused to give officers his name, cops repeatedly tasered him.
Those Joining Disability Now Outpace Those Finding Jobs
by Daniel Halper. A new chart set to be released by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee details an alarming fact: In the last three months, more Americans have joined disability than have found a job. As the chart shows, between April-June 2012, an estimated 246,000 Americans were added to Social Security's disability insurance program. In that same time period, only 225,000 American jobs were created. These alarming numbers, though, are ... MORE
Big Mistake In Obama's War Against Medical Marijuana
by Scott Morgan. For over a year now, the Obama Administration has been steadily escalating its assault on medical marijuana. What was already a mess has been getting worse from one week to the next, and each new attack revives the question of whether the feds have finally taken things too far. If we aren't there yet, we may well be getting pretty damn ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: The Bipartisan War On Individual Liberty
Politicians of both parties want to restrict your freedom. The good people at Gallup perform a valuable public service by keeping track of what Americans consider the nation's most important problem. Five years ago, it was Iraq. Last summer, the economy weighed most heavily on the public mind. It still does this summer. Or at least that is ... MOREWalter E Williams: Tyrants And Human Nature
There are no known exceptions to the law of demand. The agendas of liberals, progressives and assorted tyrants desperately depend on the aspects of human nature they often condemn, such as acquisitiveness, profit motive, self-interestedness and greed. This crossed my mind while reading "How Departures From Economic Freedom ... MORE
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