The Federal Trade Commission released a damning study that should should end the pro-government pro-regulation hustling proceeding in the current price gouging “debate” concerning oil prices. Don’t expect actual facts to make any impact though.
The evidence also showed that companies operated their refineries – and determined the product quantities they would produce – with the […]
From the New Yorker. This cartoon shows the importance of tradeoffs.
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times are reporting a huge coup for limited-government Republicans in Pennsylvania. Establishment Republicans across the country that have slowly sold out the GOP in the name of power should take note, because they might be next.
15 incumbent RINOs (”Republicans in name only”) who favor of big government, […]
It’s a good month for property owners! This week, Governor Jeb Bush signed House Joint Resolution 1567, which passed the State Senate by a margin of 37-3. It passed unanimously by 113-0 in the House. The resolution would prevent municipal governments from seizing private property and redistributing it to other private parties. In other words, […]
Great news today from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which ruled that local governments cannot condemn private property using eminent domain and retransfer it to other private parties for the purpose of “economic redevelopment.” For the conflict and backstory, see here.
The court wrote:
To permit the inclusion of economic development alone in the category of “public […]
I encourage everybody to view this video. Make sure to turn your sound on.
This chart, created by the House Joint Economic Committee, shows relative tax burdens after the Bush tax cuts. Thanks to the TaxProfBlog for the link.
Yesterday, the House and Senate conferees extended President Bush’s tax relief on capital gains and dividends. In 2003, President Bush and Congress cut capital gains and dividends taxes from 20% to 15%. It was set to expire in 2008 before the Budget conferees extended it until 2010. While it would have been nice for the […]
We all know how hard it is for Congressmen to stand up against pork-barrel spending, even if it is for seemingly uncontroversial federal waste like the “Bridge to Nowhere” or the “Johnny Appleseed Heritage Center.”
That’s what makes Rep. Charles Taylor’s vote against the $10m memorial to the victims of United Flt 93 so remarkable. […]
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Peter Suderman is a writer and policy analyst at FreedomWorks. Email him at: psuderman@freedomworks.org.
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Brendan is the Director of Federal and State Campaigns for FreedomWorks. He is the author of The Conservative Revolution: How to Win the Battle for College Campuses.
