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Free NYC Garbage!

New York City Lawmakers are all worked up about garbage. It should be simple to collect and dispose of waste, even in a big city.

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A “Choice” We Can Refuse

The Senate will soon vote on the card-check organizing mandate perversely known as the “Employee Free Choice Act.” This law would allow unions to circumvent…

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Do We Worry Too Much About Earmarks?

A recent CNN investigative effort shows–surprise, surprise–that the Democrats haven’t kept their promise to back off on earmarking. But I think that earmarks also…

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More on Bogus Food Stamp Challenge

Members of Congress such as Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) recently went on the “Food Stamp Challenge,” in which they limit their spending on food to what…

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Buying Eyeglasses

I just went across the street from CEI’s offices to pick up some more pairs of eyeglasses. Amidst a generally dysfunctional health care system, the…