Today, Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) commented on reports that Justice Department lawyers plan to break-up the innovative Microsoft corporation.

Keep the Money Out of Washington All Candidates should take the Bush Pledge In the Republican debates, Governor Bush pledged, “I’ll cut taxes, so help me God.” The Bush tax cut proposal is larger than the proposal passed by Congress in 1999 and shows the governor’s belief that the budget surplus belongs to the taxpayers, not the politicians. This tax cut plan marks a step toward fundamental tax reform.

A Liberal sees the Light on Lawsuit Abuse The American people want to save our legal system from exploitation by an elite group of greedy trial lawyers. The Clinton-Gore Administration, however, have openly teamed up with trial lawyers to recklessly sue private parties and force huge settlements that advance the goal of bigger government and line trial lawyer pockets. We can give back our legal system to decent, honest Americans with real grievances, but only if Vice President Gore heeds the advice of his former colleague and rejects the trial lawyer agenda.

Education consistently ranks near or at the top of every public opinion survey that asks for the most important issues facing our state and our country. For this Alabamian, it is the No. I issue. My wife and I are the parents of three girls, ages 2 to 4. Only a year away from enrolling one child in school, and three years away from having all three in school, we are faced with the question that hundreds of thousands of parents across Alabama ask themselves every day: Is my child getting a quality education?

Acquainting voters with the candidates and issues in upcoming elections for the Illinois Supreme Court is the aim of Illinois CSE. Illinois CSE will stage forums, debates and town hall meetings and involve its members in an effort to shine a spotlight on the elctions in the three Judicial Districts in Northern Illinois. Four seats on the seven-member court are up for election or retention this year.

Recently, a state court in Marion, Illinois issued a verdict with sweeping ramifications for automobile insurance policyholders nationwide. Associate Judge John Speroni ruled against State Farm Mutual Insurance Company and awarded a class of 4.7 million policyholders $1.2 billion in damages because State Farm used crash parts not produced by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in collision repair. The decision threatens the viability of aftermarket crash parts, which provide a competitive alternative to OEM parts for collision repair. It also demonstrates the need for class action reform.

The first edition of CSE TV -- CSE's own Web-tv -- hit the Web today and focused on the New Hampshire Scrap the Code debate. CSE has sponsored over 35 Scrap the Code events reaching tens of thousands of Americans. The New Hampshire debate featured Rep. John Sununu (R-NH) supporting the Flat Tax and Rep. John Linder (R-GA) supporting the National sales tax. Both supported ending the current code.

In late 1999, there are more than 100 million American adults using the Internet, up from 65 million in mid-1998 and 84 million at the end of 1998. According to a University of Texas study, Internet-economy revenues are expected to reach $1.2 trillion by 2002, rivaling health care as the nation's largest industrial sector. Between 25 and 33 percent of America’s economic growth in the 1990s has been due to the information-technology sector.