Another ObamaCare impediment. One of the most politically intense fights over the Affordable Care Act was over the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, infamously dubbed a "death panel" by Republicans during the 2010 elections. On Thursday, Republican House Speaker John Boehner
and Senate Minority Leader Mitch ... MORERepublicans Are Refusing To Appoint Death Panel Members
Another ObamaCare impediment. One of the most politically intense fights over the Affordable Care Act was over the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, infamously dubbed a "death panel" by Republicans during the 2010 elections. On Thursday, Republican House Speaker John Boehner
and Senate Minority Leader Mitch ... MOREMedia Scrambles To Minimize Team Obama Deception
by Dan Gainor. In the real world, when you cover up four murders after the fact, you likely go to jail. In government, you retire with dignity and run for president with full media support. Up until yesterday, that was the Benghazi scenario following the death of four Americans including our ambassador to Libya. The Obama administration has lied, ... MOREWhy All Of Us Should Mistrust The Government
by Andrew Napolitano. It should come as no surprise that President Obama told Ohio State students at graduation ceremonies last week that they should not question authority and they should reject the calls of those who do. He argued that "our brave, creative, unique experiment in self-rule" has been so successful that trusting the government is the same ... MOREThe Economic Ripple Effect Of The Bakken Shale Oil Boom
by Mark J. Perry. The Minneapolis Fed recently performed an interesting analysis
of the economic ripple effect of shale oil activity in North Dakota as
it spreads out from “ground zero” in the Bakken area, here’s an excerpt: The Bakken oil boom has led to strong growth in employment and record low unemployment rates in that region. ... MOREReid J. Epstein: President's Cigarette Tax Up In Smoke
Fortunately, it just hot air all along. Remember the cigarette tax hike President Barack Obama proposed in his big budget rollout? The White House barely does. Presidential budgets are all about theater. But this year’s was more theatrical than most: Its biggest single new proposal — the sin tax to generate $78 billion to fund a preschool ... MORE
Bob Unruh: Nullification Is America's Answer To Feds
Avoid revolution, just say no. On the heels of a poll that showed 29 percent of registered voters believe an “armed revolution” may be needed in America to restore liberties, a second poll indicates Americans already have figured out a solution – reject federal laws that are unconstitutional. The previous poll by Fairleigh Dickinson ... MORERaising Minimum Wage Will Kill Jobs For Young Millennials
by Evan Feinberg. Young Americans looking for work could receive another crushing blow this week as the U.S. Senate will decide Thursday whether to confirm Thomas Perez as the next secretary of labor. Perez has been touted as President Obama's point man for a national minimum wage increase that will disproportionately harm Millennials. ... MOREForcing Internet Sellers Into A Tax Collection Jungle
Cal Thomas on taxing Internet sales. In 1998 when President Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of Internet access and Internet-only services, the purpose was to promote the commercial potential of the Internet, especially for start-ups and small businesses. Congress extended ... MOREThomas Sowell: Words That Replace Thought
In doing so, they turn smart people into morons. If there is ever a contest for words that substitute for
thought, “diversity” should be recognized as the undisputed world
champion. You don’t need a speck of evidence, or a single step of logic,
when you rhapsodize about the supposed benefits of diversity. The
very idea of testing this ... MOREThe Power Of Any Government To Tax You
Daniel J. Mitchell on the Internet Sales Tax. I’m either a total optimist or a glutton for punishment. I recently explained the benefits of “tax havens” for the unfriendly readers of the New York Times. Now I’m defending a different form of tax competition for CNN, another news outlet that leans left. In this case, the topic is whether states can reach ... MOREJacob Sullum: The Cannabis Is Out Of The Bag
A fed crackdown would backfire. This week the Colorado General Assembly put the finishing
touches on
legislation aimed at taxing and regulating the commercial
distribution of marijuana for recreational use. The process has
been haunted by the fear that the federal government will try to
quash this momentous experiment in pharmacological ... MOREGun Crime Has Plunged, But Americans Think It Is Up
Emily Alpert on a Pew Research study. Gun crime has plunged in the United States since its peak in the middle of the 1990s, including gun killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes, two new studies of government data show. Yet few Americans are aware of the dramatic drop, and more than half believe gun crime has risen, according to a ... MOREMichael J. Hurd: Religion, Education And The State
Is religion 'free' to spend tax dollars? Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood, Mississippi is under fire for allegedly forcing its students to attend and listen to Christian lectures during three assemblies held in April alone. Worse yet, students were barred from leaving and teachers blocked the exits to prevent any of them from doing so. A lawsuit ... MOREObama Wants Millennials To Love Big Government
by Gene Healy. There's a specter haunting America's youth, President Obama warned in his commencement address to Ohio State University graduates Sunday -- the specter of "cynicism." In Obama's account, sinister (but unnamed) "voices" have been busily corrupting the once-idealistic Generation Y with a siren song of "creeping cynicism" toward ... MOREThomas Sowell: Bouncing Ball Politics
Danger ahead. If you are driving along and suddenly see a big red rubber ball come bouncing out into the street, you might want to put your foot on the brake pedal, because a small child may well come running out into the street after it. We all understand that an inexperienced young child who has his mind fixed on one thing may ignore other things that ... MOREJonah Goldberg: Obama's Narrow Vision Of A Civil Society
Obama doesn't want you to worry about tyranny. On Sunday, President Obama delivered the commencement address at Ohio State University. He once again gave voice to the essential element of his philosophy of government: Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn
of government as nothing more than some ... MORE
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