The PATRIOT Act, Coronavirus, and the Politics of Fear
This week Congress has tackled two important issues that may not seem related at first: reauthorizing an expiring portion of the USA PATRIOT Act and legislating for those affected by…
ObamaCare is the Cronyism its Supporters Claimed to Oppose
Breaking with the Trump administration, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) ecently announced that he intends to protect the health insurance company subsidies that had previously been a part of ObamaCare. This…
ObamaCare Cronies Begging for Bailouts
Advocates of government intervention in markets usually frame the debate as a binary choice: “We need government to run things so the evil corporations don’t!” It’s an effective tactic, because…
A State of the Union address full of stale, terrible ideas and poor leadership
President Barack Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address to Congress last night, laying out a litany of mostly terrible policy proposals, as well as attempting to…
What Would You Do with a Billion Dollars?
One of the most egregious features of ObamaCare are its so-called risk corridors, a fancy name for a large scale bailout of big insurance companies expected to cost taxpayers at…
Democrats’ Role Reversal on Corporatism
Old stereotypes die hard, regardless of their increasing inability to reflect reality. Consider the caricature of the corporate fat cat, clad cartoonishly in top hat and spats, building monopolies, crushing…
Key Vote NO on Delaying Reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 3370)
As one of our over 6 million FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote NO on the Homeowner Flood Insurance…
Key Vote No on the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, S. 1926
As one of our over 6 million FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your senators and urge them to vote NO on the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act,…
Tell Your Representative to Support the New Fair Deal Banking and Housing Stability Act, H.R. 3550
As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your Representative today and urge him or her to support H.R. 3550, the “New Fair Deal…
Too Big Not To Fail
Some pundits are saying that the big banks like JP Morgan and Bank of America are too big and need…