In Any Congress, Principles Must Come Before Party
Limited government conservatives remain disgruntled in Congress, both when in the majority and when in the minority. Republicans campaign on shrinking government, lowering taxes, embracing free markets, and upholding the…
Aren’t Democrats Supposed to Hate Monopolies?
Democrats have long railed against monopolistic practices in the market place. Indeed the bedrock of the early progressive movement was busting up monopolies and taking big businesses to court.
An Act to Protect the Rights of Employees
Last month, Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) introduced H.R. 2723, the Employee Rights Act (ERA). Perhaps the largest labor law reform in the US since the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947,…
The Mayor of Baltimore Kills Job Killing Minimum Wage Hike
On Friday, March 24, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh vetoed a new $15 minimum wage that would have been implemented by 2022. This makes passing the measure’s future in serious…
Dr. Arthur Laffer: How Trump Can and Will Win in November
Here are some thoughts from our friend, Dr. Arthur Laffer, on how economic concerns will factor into Americans’ minds over the next several months. The brief can be downloaded…
The Sharks Are Circling on Internet Freedom
It’s a well known fact: the internet is filled with idiots spewing vile, obnoxious, offensive, frequently violent bilge water from the safety of their parents’ basements. Most of these people…
Just Say No to Prescription Drug Price Controls
In a perverse misunderstanding of cause and effect, government regulators always seem to respond to their failures by calling for more of the same. If a policy fails to produce…
Hillary Embraces Tax Complexity
If there’s one thing Democrats love to talk about, it’s equality. The egalitarian streak runs deep in the party of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, to the point where a…
Blame Government for High Drug Prices
Hillary Clinton is using a story about a hedge fund manager charging outrageously marked up prices for an AIDS drug as a springboard for her plans impose a new…
Sorry, Clinton And Sanders, There’s No Such Thing As Free College
Candidates for the Democratic Party's nomination for president, **Bernie Sanders** and **Hillary Clinton**, have both promised that if elected, they would put forth legislation that would dramatically reduce tuition and…