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If we eliminate red tape in telecom, we are told by statists, monopolies will run roughshod over consumers. Evidence that phone and cable are innovating “triple play capabilities” in voice, data, and video proves this doomsday scenario flatly false. And now, from the Technology Liberation Front, we learn that satellite has entered the race for [...]

The three announced candidates for House Majority Leader have op-eds running in The Hill newspaper today–”The newspaper for and about Congress.”
Follow these links to see what Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) had to say.

The government uses your taxes to … encourage you to pay your taxes. According to Forbes:

The federal government spent $152 million over a 30-month period to cajole Americans into paying their taxes, taking their medicine and staying in school. Agencies involved in public service announcements insist it is money well spent.
A $40 million [...]

John Stossel debunks the myth that public schools are underfunded. Of course, if that’s true, then the primary argument against school choice - namely, that vouchers would drain critical funding for public schools - also falls apart.

The truth is, public schools are rolling in money. If you divide the U.S. Department of Education’s figure [...]

We always knew that Kyoto was bad for the economy. It now turns out that it’s bad for the environment as well.

Sen. Coburn, who gained national recognition for leading the fight to redirect funding from the “Bridge to Nowhere” to Katrina-ravaged areas is attacking pork spending again. He put out the following release today:
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today called on Senate and House leaders from both parties to make the [...]

This columnist gives credit to FreedomWorks Co-Chairman Dick Armey for writing the Indiana Telecom bill. We will take that as a compliment.
How about telecommunications reform? Anything that would remove regulatory oversight of telephone, cable and other telecommunications services means that decisions will be made by huge corporations, their lobbyists and the Legislature, which does not [...]

TABOR not high on agenda
Janell Cole, The Forum
Published Sunday, January 08, 2006
TABOR, a term for various forms of taxing or spending limitations on government, makes many conservatives salivate while liberals and moderates cringe. Last year, the National Conference of State Legislatures reported 30 states’ governments now operate under some kind of taxing or spending limitations.
North [...]

Congressman John Boehner, chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and candidate for U.S. House majority leader, has this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today.
He puts his finger on the real root of the current lobbying scandal: the size of government. The more money being handed out, the more [...]

On Friday night, just days after Florida’s Supreme Court decided that poor children shouldn’t be allowed to escape the local school monopoly with the help of vouchers, 20/20’s John Stossel had an excellent segment called “Stupid in America” which looked at the failure of government schools. In case you missed it, clips and a [...]