The Texas Public Policy Foundation has an excellent article on its website about the Governor’s plan to build 11 new coal powered plants in Texas.
Texas will need more electric power in the coming yearsâ€â€lots moreâ€â€and coal will be critical to meeting those power needs.
Coal is a secure energy source, since the United States contains more […]
Next Wednesday, January 3rd, Dick Armey will appear on the Tucker Carlson show on MSNBC from 4:00pm to 4:45pm Eastern. Armey will discuss the new Congress and prospects for holding the line on spending and taxes.
Please tune in!
My friend Marc Levin at Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has a great piece on Texas property taxes.
Here is the link.
As a new year dawns, Texans should be looking forward to exploding fireworks and expanding opportunities. Unfortunately, many families cannot help but feel financially deflated by the property tax bill that has come due for 2006. […]
According to this investigative story by the New York Sun’s Claudia Rosett, outgoing U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and his brother are hustling subsidized rent (from the “Mitchell-Lama Housing program”) courtesy of New York’s taxpayers. Rosett writes:
No one is saying that any of the Annans have broken the law; the regulations for Mitchell-Lama housing […]
The USDA is preparing to release the records of the individual recipients of about $56 billion in farm subsidy payments, the AP is reporting. This should contain some really interesting stuff– look for patterns that allow individuals to circumvent the $360,000 payment cap, and check for links to Members of Congress, staff, and especially […]
The Wall Street Journal editorial board has a good piece in today’s paper.
The AT&T-BellSouth merger has been approved by the Justice Department, and AT&T has agreed to the extortionist measures asked of it. Why are the Democrats holding things up? The Journal says that it is because of the Democrats’ general anti-business attitude, and because […]
It is not often that we get a chance to praise something Congress has done. So today I’ll take the opportunity to agree with the Wall St. Journal that Congress pushed through a few good bills on its way out of town.
Here is the Journal piece.
The Journal highlights the following legislation:
1. free trade bills with […]
If you sign up to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute by using this link, you can get a free one-year subscription to National Review.
ISI is a great organization that provides conservative college students and young professionals with the intellectual firepower to take on the left.
They post audio of many of their great lectures and debates here.
Michael Quinn Sullivan of the new group Texans for Fiscal Responsibility penned the following op-ed this week.
He is right on the money. Taxpayers should receive their money back from the state legislature through tax relief.
Here is the article:
When state lawmakers convene this January, they are expected to see $15 billion in surplus revenues – the […]
On Monday, December 11th, the FCC will hold a hearing about media ownership rules. When the FCC held its hearing in Los Angeles, FreedomWorks was the only voice speaking out in favor of letting the free market choose winners and losers.
If you live in Nashville and would like to appear in front of the committee […]
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