Archive for July, 2010
Four States Can Stop Lame Duck Threat »
by Phil Kerpen Illinois Governor Pat Quinn made it official: Illinois will have a special Senate election just for the lame duck session. Thus Illinois joins Delaware and West Virginia (both having special elections) as the three states whose winners on election day will—barring a disputed election result—be seated for a lame duck session [...]
TOOTH FAIRY GOVERNMENT »
I call it Tooth Fairy Government: they steal your quarter, put it under their kid’s pillow, and then make believe the world is 25 cents richer. If you are the child on the receiving end, you like Tooth Fairy Government. It promises to buy your car, pay your mortgage, send you to college, pay for your health care, create a green job for you, [...]
Moore and Less Regulation »
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 45 Submitted by: Mark Musselman Current Event According to the Journal Sentinel June 7, 2010 U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore quietly has signed on to legislation that would weaken an independent ethics board that she once supported. The Milwaukee Democrat was one of [...]
Free Markets »
Opponents of free market capitalism ritually object to its alleged unfairness. This is not a deficiency in economic literacy, it is a deficiency in vocabulary – “free” and “fair” are two different concepts. In economic exchange, “fair” is a subjective term; what is fair to one is seen as unfair to another. It is an emotional [...]
BP Confiscation Without Representation »
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 44 Submitted by: Mark Musselman Current Event From CBCNews.com, June 15, 2010( full text available on-line) THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession [...]
Jobbed on Jobs »
The job situation is proving to be such a campaign albatross for Wisconsin Democrats this fall that their candidate for governor is forced to make a big deal when a new firm in Milwaukee hires twenty people. Twenty jobs? That’s almost two dozen! The Wisconsin Democrats’ record on job creation is so bad, their state chairman puts out a [...]
Financial regulation hits your wallet »
By Phil Kerpen | Published: 12:00 AM 07/15/2010 Credit or debit? It’s become a familiar part of the check-out ritual for retail transactions. Many of us, even though we are using bank debit cards, choose the “credit” option, which is actually a debit transaction that runs over the same Visa or MasterCard network that processes credit [...]
Smart People »
If I wanted to research the Tea Party, I would not send Katie Couric to interview Sheryl Crow for Glamour magazine. But then again, it would not occur to me to ask for Shakira’s advice on immigration law. Prompted by Ms. Couric, Ms. Crow recently informed Glamour readers that all Tea Partiers are uneducated, angry, and ignorant. She forgot [...]
Clean Air Act and Carbon Dioxide »
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 43 Submitted by: Mark Musselman Current Event According to the New York Times on June 10, 2010 (full article available on-line) WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led effort to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from [...]
Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. Senate »
-Signs No Climate Tax Pledge- MILWAUKEE—The Wisconsin chapter of the free market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP-WI) today applauded U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson for signing the group’s “No Climate Tax Pledge.” Johnson joins more than 625 bipartisan lawmakers and candidates on the federal, state and local levels [...]
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