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New Year’s Musings: My WSJ Arts Piece on “Cry Me a River” and More on Debit Card Interchange Price Controls
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Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the millions of taxpayers represented by our organizations, we write…
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Debit Card Restrictions Bad News for Consumers
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Future FSA, HRA charges to fund ObamaCare
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The Fed’s Christmas Gift: Reduced Fees for Fat-Cat Merchants
On a snowy Thursday in the nation’s capital – with little more than a week to go until Christmas – the Board of Governors of…
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Obama’s GM Numbers Are Not Adding Up
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Fed Interchange Price Controls Leave Consumers Paying Big
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve — at the direction of Congress in the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank financial “reform” bill — will give a…
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Interchange Price Controls: Gift to Big Merchants, Lump of Coal for Consumers and Community Financial Institutions
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve — at the direction of Congress in the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank financial “reform” bill — will give…
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Crying a River for Years
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GM Bad Deal
In his 1953 confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense in the incoming Eisenhower administration, former General Motors CEO Charles “Engine Charlie” Wilson was asked how…
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Obama’s GM Numbers Are Not Adding Up
Before Thanksgiving, President barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden did a victory lap at friendly venues across the country in the wake of the…
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Feds Use New Tool to Target Ex-CEO
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You Won’t Believe What You Paid for GM Bailout
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Pro-Trade Country Songs — Oak Ridge Boys Beat Brad Paisley
Over at Cato@Liberty, David Boaz points to a post by Chris Cardiff on RootedinProsperity.com praising a song and video of country superstar Brad…
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Sniffing out injustice
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Coaliton Letter on Credit Union Regulatory Relief
Full Document Available in PDF Along with this letter please find a new advertisement, signed…
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Obama’s Claims About Auto Jobs
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What’s Good for New GM Is Bad for the Rest of America
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Obama Includes Toyota, Hyundai and Kia in 75,000 Jobs “Created” by GM Bailout
This post was coauthored by CEI Research Associate Andrew Kwiatkowski As we write, President Obama and Vice President Biden are doing a victory lap…
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GM Raises $20 Billion in IPO
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GM’s Stock Offering Goes Well, But Some See Nothing to Cheer
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Rewriting the Rules of Capitalism
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Obama includes Toyota, Hyundai and Kia in 75,000 jobs “created” by GM bailout
President Barack Obama and his administration have cited numerous job statistics after last week’s successful initial public offering of General Motors. John Berlau, director of…
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10 Ways to Lessen Environmental Impact of Developments
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Halfway Between Sanity and Bedlam
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What’s Good for GM Is Now Terrible for America
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What’s Good for GM Is Now Terrible for America
In his 1953 confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense in the incoming Eisenhower administration, former General Motors CEO Charles “Engine Charlie” Wilson was asked how…
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Wall Street to GM: Let’s Put Those Bad Days Behind Us
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GM IPO Date Set for Tomorrow: What’s Good for New GM is Bad for the Rest of America
In his 1953 confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense in the incoming Eisenhower administration, former General Motors CEO Charles “Engine Charlie” Wilson was asked how…
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Fireman Strikes in Our Future
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The Free Checking Restoration Act
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Morning Scan – Free Checking
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The Free Checking Restoration Act
Having largely abandoned attempts to defend ObamaCare in the run-up to next week’s election, President Obama and his allies are now warning that opponents will…
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The End of Free Checking?
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Free Checking – How ‘Bout Them Democrats
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SEC ‘Proxy Access’ Rule Could Empower Unions, Political Activists
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Obama’s War on Free Checking
“Free checking as we know it is ending,” says the lead paragraph of a widely read and tweeted story from The Associated Press. Noting…
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The Free Checking Restoration Act of 2011
“Free checking as we know it is ending,” says the lead paragraph of a widely-read and tweeted story this week from the Associated Press.
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The Free Checking Restoration Act of 2010
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The GM IPO
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The Firemen Next Time
“So the question is, do you want to live in the kind of society in which this happens?” So wrote New York Times columnist…
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SEC “Proxy Access” Rule Could Empower Unions, Political Activists and Undermine Investors
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Washington Ideas Forum
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Response to How Would GOP’s ‘Pledge’ Affect Economy? – Pledge Takes On Overregulation
Though much of the commentary on the GOP’s “Pledge to America” has forcused on the areas of taxes and spending, the provision that may contain…
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Pledge Takes On Overregulation
Though much of the commentary on the GOP’s “Pledge to America” has forcused on the areas of taxes and spending, the provision that may contain…
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No Regulation Without Representation
Having excoriated the Bush administration and Republicans in Congress — on this site and elsewhere — for falling short of principles on TARP…
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GOP “Pledge to America” Includes Constructive Reg Reform
The House Republican “Pledge to America” unveiled today has been criticized by RedState’s Erick Erickson and other center-right pundits for a lack of specifics.
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Fearing Voter Disapproval, Senate Resurrects DISCLOSE Act Ahead of November Elections
Full Document Available in PDF We write on behalf of the millions of taxpayers and concerned citizens represented by our respective…
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What’s the best way to create more jobs?
Unleash the power of small business. The US Senate just passed a bill called the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act. The thrust of…
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