SCOTUS - Barrett - Sept. 2020

The Internet is growing at an astounding rate as people access it faster than any other technology in history. An impressive array of statistics from both government agencies and economists attest to these facts. Yet, as with any new technology, there are varying rates of adoption – not every American has access to the Internet today. Competition and innovation will lower costs and increase availability of the Internet for all consumers. As a result, those who do not have access to the latest technologies will likely have access to them in the very near future.

Let the people vote! Historically, the citizens of North Carolina have had the opportunity to vote on bond proposals in our state. Now, however, the General Assembly is rushing consideration of a three billion dollar bond issue that bypasses the public’s traditional role in approving the state’s education bond issues. Such a move not only would put the state’s consumers at risk for higher taxes, bypassing the people’s right to vote on the University bond issue will cost taxpayers 40 million dollars and cause a huge $247 million budget shortfall next year.

Bill Clinton believes that the best use of the projected $3.7 trillion in Social Security surpluses over the next 15 years – equal to $25,700 in extra payroll taxes for every worker in America – is to buy down the national debt. He argues that his plan will protect the system by assuring that Social Security’s surpluses will continue to build up in the trust fund while simultaneously reducing the government’s debt burden in preparation for the Baby Boomers’ retirement.

July 29, 1999 Washington, D.C.

Bill Clinton has announced that, thanks to the thriving economy, Washington will collect $1 trillion in additional surplus tax revenues over the next 15 years. This brings the total projected tax surpluses to $5.9 trillion – equal to a tax overpayment of $49,166 for every taxpayer in America.

Medicare is already insolvent, losing $9 billion last year alone. The Medicare trustees have reported that Medicare will be totally bankrupt in just sixteen years. Due to the federal government’s mismanagement of Medicare, provider payments for hospitals, doctors, and nursing homes have already been significantly reduced, and some nursing homes and HMOs are refusing new Medicare beneficiaries. The Clinton-Gore administration rejected a bipartisan commission’s recommendations to save Medicare from bankruptcy – a plan based on what federal employees already have.

Antitrust law was designed to protect consumers 81 percent of the American people believe Microsoft has been good for consumers (Wirthlin Worldwide poll). Nearly 250 of the nation’s leading economists have signed a open letter to President Clinton stating "consumers of high technology have enjoyed falling prices, expanding outputs, and a breathtaking array of new products and innovations." Browser technology has fueled the explosion of Internet traffic

(WASHINGTON) - J.V. Schwan, Deputy Director and Counsel for Civil Justice Reform at Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE), made the following statement in support of Senator Mitch McConnell’s bill, The Litigation Fairness Act. "Taxation through litigation is the latest scheme in Washington. When the administration can’t accomplish their goals through legislation, they sue. This is not what our Founding Fathers intended. ‘The Litigation Fairness Act’ would help stop their ‘taxation through litigation’ scheme’.