Tag: Chris Edwards

Scrap the IRS

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - April 10, 2015

You’re probably not surprised, but I’d like to see the tax-code and the IRS scrapped. My friend Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies...

Raise the Gas Tax?

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - January 12, 2015

Finally consumers are getting a break with lower prices at the pump. As it stands federal gas tax revenues have risen 6.1% per year...

Night at the Museum

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - January 9, 2015

Cato's Chris Edwards offers up a way to showcase government waste. About 18 million tourists visit D.C. each year. They view the grand government buildings,...

World Series Winner in Kansas: Gov. Brownback

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - October 20, 2014

Governor Sam Brownback is in the fight of his political life, under immense pressure by the tax and spend liberal left. It’s no mistake...

Fence Jumping the White House

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - October 17, 2014

How did that guy jump the fence and get into the White House? Once again it's not a spending problem. As Cato's Chris Edwards...

Ebola isn’t a Spending Problem

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - October 13, 2014

As you can see money isn't the issue at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as Democrats will have you believe. Big government is...

Cato Club 200 Retreat and Report Cards

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - October 2, 2014

The lyrics "You want to go where everybody knows your name", from the TV show Cheers gives you a pretty good idea of what...

Doubling Down on America’s Liberty

Debbie Young - July 7, 2014

In a recent editorial on what a libertarian is, Cato Institute chairman Bob Levy emphasizes the respect Libertarians have for the legitimate functions of government...

Bike Paths to Nowhere

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - June 12, 2014

Here’s another example of a politician calling for fiscal restraint and spending money like crazy. This time it’s Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY). Cato’s...

Fahrenheit 451?

Debbie Young - May 29, 2014

Frisking, invasive body scans, racial profiling, needless checking of liquids and nail clippers—something lifted out of a page of Fahrenheit 451? Indeed not. For...

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