by Steve Chapman. President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress want to raise the minimum wage to improve the lot of the working poor. But they've got the wrong idea. The problem is not that these workers earn so little; it's that the things they buy cost so much. I propose instead to outlaw high prices. No one, after all, likes paying too much. ... MOREPush For Minimum Wage Ignores Economic Reality
by Steve Chapman. President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress want to raise the minimum wage to improve the lot of the working poor. But they've got the wrong idea. The problem is not that these workers earn so little; it's that the things they buy cost so much. I propose instead to outlaw high prices. No one, after all, likes paying too much. ... MOREKent McManigal: Following Orders Is NOT Honorable
Don't become a mindless tool. There is no good in following orders. None. To pretend this personality defect is a sign of an "honorable person" is disgusting and dishonest. Any idiot can manage to follow orders. It takes a real human to
evaluate those orders, and decide if they should be followed or ignored.
Or even to decide if the one giving the orders ... MOREG. Donald Allen: Drones And The American Future
Their utilization is evolving as the minutes tick. Drones are a tool of the modern age. They have benefits. They have faults. They have become the equivalents of the secret agents of the past whose role was to observe and thwart as needed. They are a modern technology with which no governmental leader has a real, life-long experience. ... MOREHusna Haq: Why Is Wal-Mart Worried?
Tax increases gouge low-income consumers. Retailers are preparing for a triple whammy as the restoration of the payroll tax, surging gas prices, and stagnant employment and wages take a bite out of consumers’ disposable income, leaving them with less cash to spend on clothing, groceries, and eating out. As a result, more than three ... MOREStates' Rights: Marijuana Becomes A Front Line Struggle
by David Kumbroch. The country’s drug laws are currently getting closely examined. Two states have already given the go-ahead to recreational marijuana with many more allowing medical marijuana. Now two federal bills – HB499 and HB501 – seek to turn over drug enforcement to the states and tax legal marijuana. When it comes to states’ rights ... MOREU.S. Senator Says 4,700 Have Been Killed By Drones
"Sometimes you hit innocent people, and I hate that." It was the first time a politician or any government representative had referred to a total number of fatalities in the drone strikes, which have been condemned by rights groups as extrajudicial assassinations. The toll from hundreds of drone-launched missile strikes against suspected ... MORELawmaker Wants Smoking Banned in Cars With Children
Another reason to pull you over. One Connecticut lawmaker is pushing to ban smoking in cars with children, citing the health risks of immature immune systems. The law has been a focus of State Representative Henry Genga since 2008, reports WABC-TV. Opened windows wouldn’t give drivers a free ride, however. “The second hand ... MOREJames Dorn: Obama's Minimum Wage Is Zombie Economics
Minimum wage a maximum folly. President Obama’s proposal to increase the federal minimum wage is a
case of what Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman calls “zombie
economic ideas.” According to Krugman, “a zombie idea is a proposition
that has been thoroughly refuted by analysis and evidence, and should be
dead—but won’t stay ... MOREChris Rossini: Rolling Back To That Dreaded Year: 1913
The beginning of the end. In respect to liberty, 1913 was a dark year in U.S. history. Three key pieces of legislation were passed that (now 100 years later) have individual liberty seriously on the rocks. They were: The 16th Amendment, which created the Federal Income Tax, The 17th Amendment, which created the Popular Election of Senators, ... MORERick Moran: The Upside To Sequestration?
Government carries forward its own momentum. Matthew Cooper writing at the National Journal: Everyone agrees that sequestration is asinine, but Washington is increasingly resigned to it. Other deadlines have been met by fevered last-minute negotiations and, mercifully, avoidance of calamity. This time there's less urgency and more sighs. There is an ... MOREMichelle Malkin: Disarming American Women
The Left: Fight rapists with pens, urine, vomit, tears. If radical gun-grabbers have their way, your daughters, mothers, and grandmothers will have nothing but whistles, pens, and bodily fluids with which to defend themselves against violent attackers and sexual predators. Women of all ages, races, and political backgrounds should be up in arms over ... MORESupreme Court Approves Search Warrants Issued By Dogs
by Jacob Sullum. The
U.S. Supreme Court unanimously
ruled that "a court can presume" an alert by a drug-sniffing
dog provides probable cause for a search "if a bona fide
organization has certified a dog after testing his reliability in a
controlled setting" or "if the dog has recently and successfully
completed a training program that evaluated his ... MORERobert Robb: Obama And The Death Of Federalism
To the Founders, federalism was big deal. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address illustrated what a dead letter federalism is among Democrats. Not that further illustration was necessary. Federalism holds that the national government should limit itself to things of truly national scope. Things that are primarily of local concern should be ... MOREObamaCare's Health Exchanges Are Customer Free Zones
by Sally Pipes. Last month, the CEO of the nation’s largest health insurance company warned that he and his peers may balk at participating in Obamacare’s insurance exchanges — online, government-run portals where consumers and small businesses without conventional employer-sponsored coverage may shop for policies starting next year. ... MORE
VIDEO: Why The Price Of Everything Is Going Up
The more money put into circulation, the more there is to bid up prices.
Kurt Nimmo: California Lib Wants To Tax Concealed Carry
The latest scheme of a 2nd Amendment denier. Rep. Linda Sánchez, a California Democrat with a history of attacks on the Second Amendment, introduced H.R. 793last
week. The proposed legislation calls for an excise tax on concealed
carry and a federal buyback program. It is co-sponsored by a number of
Democrats in the House, including the ... MOREJohn Stossel: To Government, Every Penny Is Sacred
President Obama has new priorities. That means new spending. In his State of the Union, he said, "The American people don't expect government to solve every problem." But then he went on to list how, under his guidance, government will solve a thousand problems, including some (like climate change and a loss of manufacturing jobs) that ... MORE
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