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Class Action Lawyers Ripped Off Their Clients, With Approval From Federal Judge

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/26/2010

Class-action lawsuits all too often benefit only the lawyers, not the allegedly victimized consumers they claim to represent.  The Center for Class Action Fairness…

Law and Litigation

Blog

“Economists: The Stimulus Didn’t Help”

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/26/2010

“The recovery is picking up steam as employers boost payrolls, but economists think the government’s stimulus package and jobs bill had little to do with…

Labor and Employment

Blog

Arlington County Board Raises Taxes 10 Percent To Go On A Spending Binge In The Middle Of A Recession

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/26/2010

The Arlington County Board raised taxes nearly ten percent yesterday in order to increase County government spending even further.  Real estate…

Blog

Porn More Interesting to Media Than Flaws of Financial ‘Reform’ Bill; Obama Is “Lying His Face Off”

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/26/2010

There are plenty of problems with the financial “reform” bill, but the media aren’t interested in that.  They’re much more interested in revelations that senior…

Insurance

Citation

Expansion of Hate Crimes Laws

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/25/2010

Law and Litigation

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Obama Uses Phony Rhetoric About Financial ‘Reform’ to Push Bill That Enriches Special Interests and Perpetuates Bailouts

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/23/2010

President Obama has collected millions from Wall Street special interests, his administration is chock full of Wall…

Consumer Freedom

Op-Eds

Beware the Financial Trojan Horse

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/23/2010

The Obama administration and Congressional leaders are pushing a Trojan-horse financial “reform” bill that would enrich the wealthy and powerful investment bank Goldman Sachs,…

Business and Government

Blog

Parody Becomes Law: Crimes Against Homeless Become “Hate Crimes”; Hate-Crimes-Envy Spreads

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/22/2010

Florida is now poised to join Maryland and Maine in treating crimes targeting the homeless as “hate crimes,” with increased penalties of up to…

Law and Litigation

Blog

General Motors Repays Tiny Portion of Taxpayers’ $50 Billion Bailout; Obama Backers Bash Critics of Bailout

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/22/2010

President Obama’s tax-cheat treasury secretary, Tim Geithner, is trumpeting the fact that General Motors has paid back…

Consumer Freedom

Op-Eds

Examiner Right to Oppose Unending Bank Bailouts (Letter to the Editor)

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/22/2010

The Examiner was right to oppose the Trojan horse financial “reform” bill that would enrich Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street firm that makes big…

Antitrust

Blog

Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Depictions of Animal Cruelty

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/20/2010

In an 8-to-1 ruling, the Supreme Court has struck down a ban on depictions of animal cruelty as a violation…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Trojan Horse Financial “Reform” Bill Enriches Goldman Sachs, Rips Off Taxpayers

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/19/2010

The Obama administration and Congressional leaders are pushing a trojan-horse financial “reform” bill that would enrich the wealthy and powerful investment bank Goldman Sachs, which…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Taxpayers Take Another Hit from Obama; Administration Panders Yet Again to Big Labor

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/16/2010

Taxpayers will pay billions more due to an executive order signed by President Obama that effectively restricts federal construction contracts to the minority of construction…

Labor and Employment

Blog

Justice Stevens Retires; Left-Wing Law Professor Nominated to Federal Appeals Court

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/16/2010

Justice John Paul Stevens, the leader of the Supreme Court’s liberal bloc, is retiring.  His most famous ruling is probably the 5-to-4 Kelo decision, which…

Consumer Freedom

Op-Eds

Let the Hondurans Decide (Letter to the Editor)

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/05/2010

Charles Krauthammer was right to criticize the Obama administration for trying to force Honduras to reinstate its ex-president, a paranoid, power-hungry, would-be dictator who…

Law and Litigation

Citation

Consumer Use and Government Regulation of Title Pledge Lending

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/01/2010

Business and Government

Citation

Coming Soon: The Auto Purchase Mandate?

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 04/01/2010

Law and Litigation

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$800 Billion Stimulus Package Doled Out Based on Politics; Districts with High Unemployment Were Shafted

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/31/2010

“How is stimulus money allocated?  Unemployment isn’t a factor, but politics is,” found George Mason University researcher Veronique de Rugy in…

Labor and Employment

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Republicans Will Lose Many Seats in Congress Due to Right-Wing Paranoia About the Census

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/31/2010

Republicans will lose many seats in Congress due to right-wing paranoia about the census and refusal to fill out Census forms, gloats the liberal…

Consumer Freedom

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Millions of Seniors to be Dumped from Health Plans Due to New Health Care Law

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/30/2010

Two million seniors are expected to be dumped onto Medicare from company prescription medication plans, thanks to a poorly-vetted provision of…

Consumer Freedom

Op-Eds

Millions of Seniors Will Be Dumped from Health Care Due to Reform

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/30/2010

Two million seniors are expected to be dumped onto Medicare from company prescription medication plans, thanks to a poorly-vetted provision of the new health…

Health and Safety

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Attorney Generals Challenge ObamaCare; New Health Care Law Increases State Budget Deficits, Imposes Marriage Penalties

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/24/2010

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and a dozen other attorneys general have filed lawsuits challenging the new health care law signed…

Consumer Freedom

Op-Eds

ObamaCare could make you think twice about saying ‘I do’

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/23/2010

The new tax on investors in the health care bill has been increased from 2.9 percent to 3.8 percent, but only a few…

Business and Government

Blog

New Taxes on Investors in Obamacare, and Massive Marriage Penalties, Too

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/19/2010

The new tax on investors in the health care bill has been increased from 2.9 percent to 3.8 percent, but only a few media…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Health Care Bill Would Vastly Expand IRS Power; CBO Ordered to Base Cost Estimate on False Assumptions

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/19/2010

“House health care bill dangerously expands IRS power,” say a tax law professor and GOP leaders.   The Washington Examiner says that “16,500 more…

Consumer Well-Being

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Governors Criticize Health Care Bill for Increasing Unemployment and State Budget Deficits; Tax Increases and Medicare Cuts in Bill Rise

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/18/2010

Governors are now criticizing the health care bill backed by the Obama administration, saying it will cause health care costs and state deficits to…

Consumer Well-Being

Blog

Even Associated Press Says “Beware” of Obama’s Health Care Overhaul; Retired Judge Calls Health Care Tactic Unconstitutional

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/17/2010

Even the Associated Press admits that President Obama is not telling the truth about his health care plan and how it would affect health…

Consumer Well-Being

Op-Eds

The ‘Hidden Lies’ in Obama’s Health Care Plan

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/17/2010

Even the Associated Press admits that President Obama is not telling the truth about his health care plan and how it would affect health…

Business and Government

Op-Eds

ObamaCare’s Enormous Cost is Hidden by Dishonest Gimmicks, Admits pro-Obama New York Times Columnist David Brooks

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/15/2010

New York Times columnist David Brooks, like other columnists at that staunchly liberal newspaper, supported Obama in the 2008 election. But even he can…

Business and Government

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ObamaCare’s Enormous Cost Is Hidden by Dishonest Gimmicks, Says New York Times Columnist Who Supported Obama in 2008

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/14/2010

New York Times columnist David Brooks, like other columnists at that staunchly liberal newspaper, supported Obama in the 2008 election. But even he can…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

$3,000,000,000,000 in Tax Increases in President Obama’s Budget

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/13/2010

The president’s proposed budget raises taxes by three trillion dollars over the next ten years, notes Washington fiscal analyst…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Obama Runs Up Largest Budget Deficit in American History; Monthly Deficit Alone Exceeds Entire Annual Deficit for 2007 Under Bush

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/11/2010

“The Obama Administration has run up the largest budget deficit in American history in February of 2010, a whopping total of $220.9 Billion in just…

Consumer Freedom

Op-Eds

Obama Runs Up Largest Budget Deficit in U.S. History

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/11/2010

“The Obama Administration has run up the largest budget deficit in American history in February of 2010, a whopping total of $220.9…

Business and Government

Op-Eds

Obama Wants to Tax Good Banks, Protect Bad Ones

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/11/2010

The Obama administration wants to increase taxes on productive banks that are self-supporting, while exempting the mortgage giants and other companies that got massive…

Business and Government

Blog

Obama Administration Rewards Corrupt Mortgage Giants, Punishes Productive Private Banks, Fleeces Taxpayers and Responsible Credit Cardholders

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/10/2010

The Obama administration wants to increase taxes on productive banks that are self-supporting, while exempting the mortgage giants and other companies that got massive taxpayer…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

The Hidden Costs of Health Care Reform: “Obamacare Is A Budgetary Disaster”

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/08/2010

The health care bills backed by President Obama will cost $2.3 trillion, not the $900 billion Obama claims, and will be a “…

Consumer Freedom

Op-Eds

Obama Policies Will Increase National Debt by $9.7 Trillion

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/07/2010

“President Obama’s policies would add more than $9.7 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, congressional budget analysts said Friday.

Business and Government

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Obama’s Policies Will Increase National Debt by $9.7 trillion, Says Congressional Budget Office

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/06/2010

“President Obama’s policies would add more than $9.7 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, congressional budget analysts said Friday. . .The 10-year…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Obama Nominates Left-Wing Extremist Goodwin Liu to Appeals Court; Liu is Possible Supreme Court Nominee

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/05/2010

President Obama has nominated law professor Goodwin Liu, a left-wing extremist, to the nation’s largest federal appeals court, the Ninth Circuit. …

Energy and Environment

Citation

Contrasting Concurrences of Clarence Thomas: Deploying Originalism and Paternalism in Commercial and Student Speech Cases

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 03/01/2010

Business and Government

Blog

“Health Care Freedom” Bills Pass Virginia Senate

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/06/2010

The Virginia State Senate passed “health care freedom” bills giving citizens the right not to be forced to buy health insurance.  This sets…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Do Corporations Have Free Speech Rights? The Supreme Court’s Ruling in Citizens United v. FEC

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/06/2010

In the Citizens United case, the Supreme Court recently struck down restrictions on…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Virginia Legislators Kill Bills to Mandate Child Support for Adult College Students

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/02/2010

Virginia legislators recently killed bills to extend child support to adult college students. The bills would have required a non-custodial parent to make payments to…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Why Supreme Court Justice May Have Been So Annoyed at the President’s State of the Union Address

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/01/2010

At the president’s recent State of the Union address, he misleadingly attacked the Supreme Court for supposedly “…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Maryland Legislators Seek to Jack Up Child Support Levels, Based on Bogus Inflation Rationale

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/28/2010

A bill, SB 252, was just introduced in Maryland to increase child support obligations for households at most income levels–a massive…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Experts Question Enormous Cost and Constitutionality of Healthcare Legislation

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/13/2010

The health care legislation backed by the president and congressional leaders will increase Americans’ health care costs by more than $200 billion,…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

New Federal Program Kills Jobs, While Costing Taxpayers Half a Billion Dollars

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/11/2010

A federal biofuels program enacted in the name of fighting global warming and reducing dependence on foreign oil is instead killing jobs while perhaps…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Nobel Prize Winning Economist Says Obama Policies Delaying Economic Recovery

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/08/2010

In the Wall Street Journal, Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker and others explain how President Obama’s policies are delaying and retarding the inevitable economic…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

More Enron-like Behavior by Administration Officials Comes to Light

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/07/2010

Earlier, the Washington Post reported on how the Obama administration pressured Freddie Mac not to disclose to investors and the SEC the $30…

Consumer Freedom

Op-Eds

More Enron-Like Behavior by Obama Administration

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/07/2010

Earlier, The Washington Post reported on how the Obama administration pressured Freddie Mac not to disclose to investors and the SEC the $30 billion…

Business and Government

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