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Regulation is this Halloween’s Goblin
Uncle Sam may be the biggest spook to business this Halloween. A new Gallup poll of small business owners shows that “complying with government regulations”…
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Tax-and-Spend is Not a “Jobs” Plan
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Green Zealots Target Maryland Students
The Maryland State Board of Education passed a new curriculum requirement on June 21, 2011. Instead of gaining competence in math or science, students…
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Keynesian Policy Does Not Create Growth
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“Rules are Rules,” When it Comes to Yard Sales
The City of Salem, Oregon, is cracking down on yard sales — even if they are a citizen’s last option to pay for expensive…
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Growth Won’t Come From More Government Spending
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Obama Ignores even Internal Dissent on Environmentalist Agenda
President Obama will stop at nothing to pursue his war on coal. He won’t even listen to those within his own administration. His…
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In Wake of Financial Woes, Staffers Pack Up and Leave for Hawaii
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More Social Engineering and Failure from Federal Housing Policy
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TSA Chatterboxes Not as Friendly as they Seem
You may get some extra-special attention from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the near future — but this isn’t just another pat-down or…
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False Prophets of Debt Ceiling Doom
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Hispanic-Americans Latest Victims in FHA Bait-and-Switch Politics
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Failure is Not a (Government) Option
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Un-Essential Air Service
Want to get to Vegas from Ely, Nevada? How about a $5,223 plane ticket? Don’t worry. Its price tag is only $149…
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National Security Agency: The “Enron” of U.S. Intelligence
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Permit More Permits, Please
Want jobs? The National Ocean Industries Association and the American Petroleum Institute have the answer: restore the number of exploration and offshore drilling permits…
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A Free-Market Told-You-So
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Big Government Continues to Hurt Small Businesses Most
The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy released a study showing that the burden of government regulation disproportionately falls onto small businesses. Specifically, those with…
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Restricting Your Right to Superlatives: Anna Eshoo and the FCC
A California Democrat is seeking to expand the bureaucracy of the FCC in order to protect Americans from dropped calls. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.)…
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An Economic Paradox: SelectUSA, Government’s Expansion, and Private-Sector Growth
President Obama signed an executive order on June 15 to create SelectUSA, a new bureaucracy that acts as a one-stop-shop for government subsidies, in the…
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Double Trouble Not Double the Fun with Medicare and Medicaid
There are 9.7 million people that use both Medicare and Medicaid for their health care expenses, according to a June 27 article in The Wall…
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Meet Your New Mom: Kathleen Sebelius and Cigarette Warnings
Health and Human Services Director Kathleen Sebelius recently made a revealing statement on how she perceives the role of government and her place within…
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The Cloak-and-Dagger Fed
Wiretaps, surveillance, and searches of private property cannot be authorized and executed without a warrant issued by a judge, who (hopefully) maintains the commitment to…
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Government’s Next Scapegoat
The SEC is bringing fraud charges against leading credit-rating companies for not being thorough enough in their research to determine ratings on mortgage-backed securities…
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Sunblock: Still Can’t Protect You from the FDA
The FDA is rolling out new labeling rules for sunscreen. First, sunscreens that don’t offer “enough” UVA protection (which has been shown to prevent…
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