The President and his advocates in Congress argue that raising taxes on all taxpayers would damage the economy but that raising taxes on only “high-income”… Read More
President Obama has made raising taxes on “the rich” a central plank of his re-election campaign. Yet even many Democrats are questioning the wisdom of… Read More
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest estimates on the share of taxes paid by income level, giving voters a way to check… Read More
There are many reasons to be against the Obama tax hikes, especially as the economy struggles to recover. However, even putting aside economic growth considerations,… Read More
Raising taxes on successful businesses is one thing we cannot afford to do. Large, successful businesses that create jobs would be hit the hardest, but… Read More
Despite their key role in creating the housing crisis, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not being reformed, and will continue to cost the American… Read More
In the battle over the extension of the 2001/2003 tax cuts, a lot of myths about the tax cuts are being perpetuated. One of the… Read More
The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) has released a projection of jobs created by the economic stimulus bill. However, the method they used… Read More
A year ago, President Obama warned the American people that the financial crisis was dire and required a whole new approach to government spending. Obama… Read More
It is a well known economic policy rule that if you want less of something you tax it, and if you want more of something… Read More
Obama promised that the stimulus would “create or save” 3.5 million jobs, and significantly tempter the rising unemployment rate. Now that it is clear that… Read More
ABC and NBC have so far refused to run a 33 second advertisement by the League of American Voters that questions the Obama health care… Read More
As the debate over the “public option” for health care heats up, a new attempt to ridicule those with concerns over government provision of services… Read More
Herbert Hoover was no laissez-faire president like Calvin Coolidge, however he did respect the constitution, and he never was willing to go as far as… Read More
Today is Friedrich Hayek’s birthday and it is an important year to celebrate his birth. Although the twentieth century was the century of Hayek, this… Read More
It seems that we keep being told that the policy is temporary, and is far short of nationalization, only for Congress to turn around after… Read More
In the New York Times today, David Brooks has a column in which he describes two theories about the financial crisis: “greed” and “stupidity.” The… Read More
The financial crisis has exposed a trend that has been in the works for some time. Since the fall of communism, some of the more… Read More
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford made some very important, insightful points on Sunday. He said them very concisely, as politicians know how to do. They… Read More
The “cash for clunkers” plan recently proposed in Congress would provide a subsidy for a new car purchase to anyone willing to have their current… Read More
As Joel Kotkin detailed in the Washington Post this weekend, the Wall Street Bailout and Trillion Dollar Deficit Plan being pushed through Congress this month… Read More
While he spoke about moving forward, and promised change as we look toward the future, in fact President Obama’s inaugural address was firmly entrenched in… Read More
This year already we’ve heard calls for reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine, and Internet censorship. Now, the first call for public funding for newspapers is… Read More
China has been rightly criticized for censoring speech on the Internet. It is the one major economy in which the government has denied free speech… Read More
Even more than rent-seeking and government expansion here at home, the greatest danger of a left-leaning Obama administration may be the danger of capitulation to… Read More
A very moving film shown here at Heritage this week, Red Terror on the Amber Coast, made an important point about the Soviet need to… Read More
A Christian Science Monitor article this morning argues that Roosevelt didn’t spend enough to jolt economy into recovery. Only when spending skyrocketed for World War… Read More
There has been a small uproar around Obama’s call for a “civilian national security force” especially one “that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just… Read More
Candidates running for president in recent decades have sounded in their speeches more like they believe they are running for the position “God” rather than… Read More
President-elect Barack Obama has quietly changed the meaning of the American Dream and introduced a proposal for American Serfdom. In America, what it means to… Read More
