Roger Pilon discusses executive power overreach during recent EPA regulation on FOX’s Special Report w/ Bret Baier.
IRS Employees Support Obama
Your tax dollars hard at work by employees of the IRS. Reason reports: We already know that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a long history of wielding its awesome clout against political opponents of sitting presidents, powerful members of Congress, and the tax collectors themselves, but who are IRS employees for? Well, President Obama seems to tickle their […]
Reports Cards are in: LA County gets a “D”
It looks like residents are voting with their feet in Los Angeles. The WSJ reports: Which metro area in the U.S. has suffered a greater economic collapse over the last two decades than Detroit? Hint: It’s a common fundraising stop for President Obama. The answer, according to a new UCLA Anderson School of Management study, is […]
Another War Dog
War Dog House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is frothing at the mouth. He’s pushing his white paper on “The Imperial Presidency”. But when it comes to expanded presidential powers and the appropriate role for government, Cantor and the establishment GOP should look in the mirror. Cato’s Gene Healy points this out in his weekly Washington […]
A President’s Tool Bag
Here’s another tool presidents can use to gain re-election advantage. Cato’s Chris Edwards writes: I am writing a study on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and looking at the issue of presidential disaster declarations. Under the 1988 Stafford Act, a state governor may request that the president declare a “major disaster” in the state if […]
The Four Reactionary Horseman
Your First Amendment rights include the freedom of speech, but that’s breaking news to four of the nine justices of the Supreme Court. Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro, a Senior Fellow in Constitutional studies and Editor-in-Chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review writes: What at kind of bizarro world do we live in where a near […]
Another Fort Hood
Is there any doubt we need to do a better job of protecting our troops from within? The Wall Street Journal reports on yesterday’s shooting at Fort Hood. For the second time in five years, an active-duty soldier is believed to have gone on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, killing three people Wednesday at […]
Draft Bush?!
Please no! My Cato friend Gene Healy points out the problem with our political royal families in his weekly DC Examiner column: Draft Bush! That’s the GOP establishment’s bold new scheme for 2016. And people say they’re out of ideas. “Many if not most” of 2012 nominee Mitt Romney’s biggest donors are courting former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the Washington Post reported Sunday; the […]
As Rich as Bill Gates
What do Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Paul Krugman have in common? Higher taxes for you. Mr. Gates believes that when tax rates are below 50 percent there’s room for additional taxation. That’s just great. As long as they’ve made their money, right? Rolling Stone interview: Rolling Stone: Let’s talk about income inequality, which economist Paul Krugman […]
Walmart’s Dependency on Government
Walmart discloses in its annual report how a reduction in food stamps offered by the government will negatively affect its business. Walmart shoppers are particularly sensitive to fluctuations in the price of gas, to small tax increases or to anything that adds another $20 burden to a household in any given week. Budgets are tight […]
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