Seattle Buries Inconvenient Truths From Own Minimum Wage Study
People have a bizarre way of deflecting criticism. In some cases, when they hear something that questions their worldview, they will go so far as to pretend it does not…
A Heel On The Throat of The American Dream: Manufacturing Regulations
Economic freedom is the greatest gift ever bestowed on man. In the United States, we saw the greatest industrial revolution the world had ever experienced. We set the bar for…
A Bird’s Eye View of the AIRR Act
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the federal agency designed to regulate air travel, is currently up for reauthorization as its funding and authority are set to expire in September…
Fewer Health Insurers Are Participating in the ObamaCare Exchanges
Continuing the theme of ObamaCare repeatedly failing to meet its goals, another report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and…
Amazon’s “Day of Action” for Corporate Welfare, Not a Free Internet
Amazon and other corporate friends will spend Wednesday, July 12th, protesting FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s impending net neutrality repeal through a “Day of Action.” The precise “action” is unknown,…
FreedomWorks Foundation’s Formal Comment on FDA’s Proposed Smokeless Tobacco Ban
Today, FreedomWorks Foundation’s Regulatory Action Center (RAC) submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opposing the proposed Tobacco Product Standard for N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN) Level in Finished Smokeless…
The Pork in the Military Budget
There is perhaps no more important role the federal government has than providing national security. However, various special interests have been using this for their own benefit at the expense…
Only in Washington Can Limiting the Growth of a Government Program Be Called A “Spending Cut”
The Congressional Budget Office released a report Thursday on the long-term spending effects of the Senate version of H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Unfortunately, Democrats and some…
Freeing Airports from Government Control
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is up for reauthorization this year. Already, there have been several reform proposals, including taking air traffic control (ATC) from federal hands and turning…
CBO Coverage Projections Have Been Wildly Wrong
Winston Churchill once said, “It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.” The reality…