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 ... 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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VIDEO: Andrew Napolitano - The Right To Be Left Alone
America is quickly devolving into a nation of sheep.
Matthew Daly: Obama Admin Approves $1B in Solar Loans
It worked so well with Solyndra. The Energy Department on Wednesday approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona, two days before the expiration date of a program that has become a rallying cry for Republican critics of the Obama administration's green energy program. Energy Secretary Steven Chu ... MOREC. Edmund Wright: Herman Cain Swims With The Sharks
Raising Cain within the GOP. With apologies to headline writers, the shock of Herman Cain routing the field in the Florida Straw poll and scoring first in the latest Zogby poll simply eludes me. If this result -- which is no doubt tied to the mixed performances during the last debate -- moves him into or near the top tier, I will not be shocked about that, either. ... MORE
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