Why Unemployment is High in Parts of Michigan
Bruce Los, vice president of Gentex Corp., a $1.2 billion manufacturing company located in tiny Zeeland, Mich. (population 5,508), often hosts executives from foreign auto… Read More
State of Union Disregards Economic Freedom
The Los Angeles Rams announced they were moving to St Louis. President Clinton gave Mexico $20 billion to bail out the peso. Baywatch babe Pamela… Read More
The Complexities of the Nuclear Weapons Landscape
Two recently released government reports show that the worldwide nuclear threat is getting more complex and more dangerous. The Defense Science Board (DSB) report shows… Read More
Risky Business in Emerging Markets
Emerging markets have been taking a beating in 2014. As money rushes out of these economies and currencies depreciate, central banks in Turkey, South Africa,… Read More
LawNews
The IRS Drive to Silence the Right
There were fireworks this week in the House of Representatives as two different committees held hearings on Wednesday and Thursday over the IRS targeting of… Read More
For Health Insurance Portability, Policy Differences Matter
A CBO report this week projected that under Obamacare, the collective reduction in hours worked by millions of Americans would be equivalent to a loss… Read More
Krugman Changes His Tune
Paul Krugman hates it when conservatives mention that welfare benefits and taxation induce some people to leave the labor force. Today, he wrote of “moochers… Read More
Absent Tax Credits, the Free Market Works for Wind Energy
The wind production tax credit (PTC) expired again at the close of 2013, but Congress need not reconsider it. Although new power capacity installations were… Read More
Tough Questions on Immigration Reform for Heritage’s Derrick Morgan
Until President Obama carries out his responsibility to enforce existing immigration laws, conservatives in the House have no reason to trust him with any changes,… Read More
Leno’s Goodbye: The Worst Part Is “I’ll Have To Sign Up for Obamacare”
After 22 years, Jay Leno hosted his last episode of “The Tonight Show” on Thursday evening with a monologue that included a jab at Obamacare…. Read More
Why Obama Should Start Using the M-Word
In a widely publicized interview with President Obama, Bill O’Reilly led his questions with the topic of the nation’s rate of births outside marriage, which… Read More
January Jobs Report: Few Signs of a Thaw
In January, the economy added 113,000 new jobs and the headline unemployment rate dipped to 6.6 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The… Read More
You Can’t Trust Washington on Immigration
President Obama can’t be trusted to enforce U.S. laws—and that makes many lawmakers hesitant to pass new immigration laws. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said… Read More
Billions Wasted on Flawed Obamacare Exchanges
The federal taxpayers have spent over $5 billion to build Obamacare’s exchanges. Unfortunately for taxpayers, these investments have not delivered a good return and are… Read More
IRS Chief: Taxpayers Need to Be Aware of Possible Repayments for Obamacare Tax Credits
The new head of the Internal Revenue Service said in a congressional hearing Wednesday that he’s concerned Americans aren’t aware of a tax credit issue… Read More
Missile Defense Sites to Protect the East Coast
After the Obama Administration’s repeated delays of projects that would enhance the United States’ ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, the Department of Defense (DOD) released… Read More
Rough Week for Cybersecurity
Cyber attacks can come from anywhere: a global power like China, weak and non-state actors, states like Iran or Syria, or even individual cyber criminals…. Read More
Obamacare Mandate Means Minimum Wage Employees Cost Businesses $10.30 an Hour
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just reported that President Obama has already effectively raised the minimum wage. How so? The Obamacare employer mandate requires employers… Read More
Reagan’s Legacy: “The Sacred Value of Human Life”
Today we celebrate Ronald Reagan’s 103rd birthday. A little-known fact about President Reagan is that he is the only President to have ever published a… Read More
Bam! We’re Already Hitting the Debt Ceiling Again
It’s timely that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) put out new numbers on America’s financial situation this week. By the end of the week, we’ll… Read More
Index of Economic Freedom in Action During a Senate Budget Committee Hearing
Senator Jeff Sessions (R–AL) recently asked David Rosenberg, chief economist at a Canada-based global wealth management firm, at a Senate committee hearing: Mr. Rosenberg, according… Read More
Conservatives and Business Agree on the Need to Cut Government
America’s business leaders and conservatives agree: Government should cut costs, stop overregulating, and shrink. America’s economic freedom and the economic growth it generates depend on… Read More
Exclusive: Inhofe Demands Obama Answers on Benghazi
“An outrageous lie” is what Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) called President Obama’s comments on the Benghazi scandal during his pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox’s Bill… Read More
Where’s the Bad News on the Deficit? Here It Is.
The Washington press corps was all atwitter yesterday with the news that the budget deficit is shrinking and the red ink will hit a seven-year… Read More
LawNews
Nebraska Cops Ordered to Pay $40k and Return $1 Million Seized from Innocent Woman
Tara Mishra, 33, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, had her life turned upside down, her life savings taken, and her business plans quashed in March 2012… Read More
CVS Tobacco Decision Shows Businesses’ Freedom to Choose How to Run Their Business
Would a company voluntarily give up $2 billion a year in sales? Apparently so, if its leadership decides it’s the right thing to do. That’s… Read More
CBO Report: Millions Will Lose Employment-Based Health Insurance
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its annual Budget and Economic Outlook. Here are some of the most important health care numbers to know… Read More
Explosive Report: How Obamacare Will Drive People Out of the Workforce
Obamacare moves people further away from jobs and shifts their health care costs to taxpayers. Good news or bad? The White House took up defensive… Read More
White House: ‘Small Percentage’ Appealed HealthCare.gov Errors
The more than 20,000 Americans who want to appeal costly Obamacare errors make up “a very small percentage” of millions of enrollees, the White House… Read More
Common Core Supporter: ‘The Children Belong to All of Us’
Paul Reville, the former secretary of education for Massachusetts, recently said “the children belong to all of us” at a panel discussion at the Center… Read More
