The above rankings relate to International Tax Competitiveness. What an enormous embarrassment for Americans. Here the Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell outlines the ugly mess in which America finds itself. Wouldn’t you think all candidates running against entrenched Obama Democrats this fall would want to keep this tax competitiveness rankings list close at hand? I’ve complained […]
A Peculiar Prosperity
Robert J. Samuelson writes in The Washington Post that even though the economy is improving in the U.S., Americans are not reassured. There seems to be a national mistrust and a loss of confidence in the future. Middle class Americans have been hit especially hard. As Mr. Samuelson notes, “They feel poorer because they are […]
R.I.P. New Orleans R&B’s Cosimo Matassa
The man who engineered all those great Little Richard, Fats Domino, Huey Piano Smith. Lloyd Price, Frankie Ford, Allen Toussaint, Ernie K-Doe, Chris Kenner, Barbara George, Benny Spellman, Dave Bartholomew, Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey, Earl Palmer, Red Tyler, Lee Allen, Professor Longhair and Jessie Hill’s 50’s and early 60’s New Orleans R&B classics […]
Taxing Our Way to #32
Would you be astounded to read that (1) the most tax competitive country in the world is tiny Estonia and (2) close to the worst tax burden on businesses in the industrialized world is the United States? Estonia, despite reasonable tax rates, ranks #1, while the U.S., with the world’s highest corporate tax rate, ranks […]
Striking ISIS: Several Arab countries have now reportedly agreed to strike ISIS.
PARIS (Reuters) – Several Arab countries have offered to join the United States in air strikes against Islamic State targets, U.S. officials said on Sunday, indicating a possible widening of the air campaign against militants who have seized parts of Iraq and Syria. The officials declined to identify which countries made the offers. But they […]
I Support Rick Scott For Florida Governor
Governor Rick Scott is holding a lead over his challenger, former Governor Charlie Crist in Florida’s gubernatorial race. I support Rick Scott for Florida governor. The Naples Daily’s Matt Dixon has the story on the poll here: Most recent numbers have shown Gov. Rick Scott opening a lead over Democrat Charlie Crist, a trend continued in […]
ISIS: Our Aim, Punishment
What have we learned from the Obama administration’s failed policies in Iraq and Afghanistan? The Cato Institute’s Justin Logan tells readers that the answer is we can’t fix other countries’ political pathologies at an acceptable cost. Justin concludes that several years on, when we look back on our latest Wilsonian experiment in the Middle East, […]
Obama Remains Buffeted by World Events
Elections are fast approaching and the President isn’t in a favorable position today, largely because of his perceived failures in foreign policy. The Wall Street Journal reports: Foreign policy has catapulted to the center of the U.S. political stage just two months before the 2014 midterm elections, raising fresh questions of whether President Barack Obama’s perceived […]
A Sickening Shortage
The Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner writes, “Nationwide, roughly 70 percent of Obamacare plans offer fewer doctors and hospitals than typical pre-Obamacare plans.” Most ACA plans, especially the low-cost bronze and silver plans, have restricted networks. As Mr Tanner explains here, the sickening facts are that O’Care is most likely going to make it harder for […]
ISIS Common Sense
The Cato Institute’s Chris Preble calls it right. Simply put, a full-scale ground war with U.S. troops doing most of the fighting isn’t necessary. ISIS currently presents, at worst, a minor and manageable threat to U.S. security. The group has many enemies, and they are growing more determined to resist it by the day. If […]