Newspapers Defend Their Crony Capitalism: Outdated Monopoly on Public Notices

The newspaper industry has successfully lobbied for the past 10 years to preserve their archaic monopoly over the printing of public notices. They use deceptive technical arguments to sway conservative Republican legislators in Arizona and other states. It is well overdue to stop this corporate welfare that keeps liberal newspapers artificially alive longer, and move [...]

Sheep and Goats

"No one comes to the Father" but by stealing from the rich to buy more votes from the poor. [...]

The Empire Of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson, Ron Paul And The Sacred Fire Of Freedom

Ron Paul has a fair claim to be our era’s Thomas Jefferson.

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The U.S. Constitution, Contraception and Abortion

The United States Constitution provides for specified individual rights. However, it does not require that we pay, other than through constitutionally authorized taxes or borrowed funds, for others to exercise even those specified rights.

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Poverty is Caused by Marriage-absence

Marriage-absence is the primary predictor of poverty. Our chart showing the relationships between 50 years of social data components demonstrate that the 1996 welfare reforms were not a success. Cohabitation, illegitimacy, and demand social spending grew greatly since 1996. We must finish welfare reform to rebuild marriage and re-establish the proven pathway to upward mobility [...]

Redistributing Wealth From Top to Bottom

The latest, most insidious effort is to institutionalize redistribution of wealth between countries. [...]

Is Jesus On Board With Obama?

Is it true that Jesus Christ, were he physically among us today, would stand with President Obama and support the elevation of effective tax rates on high-earning Americans?

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Newt Gingrich: Transforming Economic History (And The Rapscallion Factor)

The truth of Gingrich’s claim to having stood, and effectively, shouting Stop athwart a history hurtling toward socialism is indisputable. [...]

Obama’s State of the Union – What can the President do to make America Prosper?

CEI's experts give their analysis of President Obama's speech last night.

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An Open Letter to the Occupiers from Generation X

I come from Generation X, and we are in the same boat financially as the Occupiers, if not worse off since we now have families and mortgages. But the answer is not more big government. The naive young Occupiers should not indebt future generations as was done to our generations. [...]

Taxing Romney

If there is something troubling — or at least politically exploitable — in Romney’s returns, ’twere best it be known quickly. [...]

Do Social Conservatives Care About Capitalism?

Will religious social conservatives embrace Mitt Romney? Economics is absolutely a “moral issue."

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The Sliding Scale of Conservatism… Which Way are We Sliding?

The graph or scale of conservatism has been sliding to the left for a long time. Conservatism and capitalism suffered a severe blow when our idiot politicians agreed to the Obama Social Security Tax Cuts for 60 days. Social Security does not have enough money to pay for its obligations.

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What are “Conservatives?”

We have more agreements than disagreements and should make the most of our agreements.

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Debt Ceiling Redux – Additional Commentary

Congress' inability to properly deal with the budget and related issues may be a matter of political will. [...]

Budget Collapse: Too Much Free Money

It's past time for Congress to "tear up" the U.S. Treasury's credit cards.

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The Debt Ceiling Redux

Here we go again! [...]

Payroll Tax Cuts has Future Taxation Written All Over it!

Just about everyone who pays taxes will receive this $40 billion dollar bonanza for TWO MONTHS. But the folks who are forced to take out a mortgage or refinance will be saddled with paying for this $40 billion dollars for a long time.

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Random Holiday Musings

Progressive stuff that strikes me as really, really funny!

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The House, Harry Reid, and the Payroll Tax

Why is the Democratic Senate blocking the bill’s path between Capitol Hill and the White House signing desk, and pushing the bill the House rejected instead? Because Harry Reid doesn’t like how the House version is paid for. [...]

Medicare Payment Confusion – Can We Blame It On The 800-Pound Gorilla?

Nobody really knows how much his or her upcoming Medicare premiums will be.

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Let’s Start Talking About The Gorilla In The Room

Starting in January 2013 the gorilla named Obamacare starts taking his swings at America.

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I Agree! EVERYONE Should Pay Their Fair Share!

I actually agree with those liberals emailing me that everyone should indeed “pay their fair share” of taxes. Of course I disagree with them on what that “fair share” should be.

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Democrats Trick Americans With Payroll Tax Cut Extension Ruse

There is more to the payroll tax cut extension than the Democrats and their comrades in the media are letting on. The GOP presidential candidates are split down the middle over it. The misinformation is so bad that an apolitical friend of mine wrote her GOP Senator upset about a provision that didn't even exist [...]

The Obama/ Energy Strangle-Hold On America

The latest debacle over the “Keystone Pipeline,” and the ongoing games being played with it by a callous and indifferent White House, give ample proof that whatever his real intentions may be, Barack Obama is not interested in achieving real, workable solutions to the problems facing America . Rather, he views each ensuing catastrophe as [...]

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