WSJ: To Increase Jobs, Increase Economic Freedom

by John Mackey.  Is the United States exceptional? Of course we are! Two hundred years ago we were one of the poorest countries in the world. We accounted for less than 1% of the world's total GDP. Today our GDP is 23% of the world's total and more than twice as large as the No. 2 country's, China. America became the wealthiest country because for most of our history  ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Infrastructure Spending


Roads and bridges present a noble facade for political pork.

Ralph Reiland: The Public's Distrust

Taxpayers identify government as the problem.  The good news is that Americans' distrust of government is at its highest level ever. It's good news because it shows the public recognizes how poorly we're being governed. Not much good comes out of trusting people who shouldn't be trusted — not much good comes out of reelecting them, either. Only 9 percent of  ... MORE