If you operate a blog in Philadelphia, PA, get ready to pay a $300 tax. That’s right, if you are a blogger in the city of Philadelphia, you may soon face a $300 tax for simply operating a blog regardless of how much money you […]

By Kevin Mooney — An audacious proposal aimed at reforming collapsing entitlements, reducing debt and alleviating burdensome taxation has been on the receiving end of positive press coverage. It must therefore be taken down and discredited as an unrealistic sham replete with tax favors for […]

To kick off the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we begin in California. Quick California facts: The unemployment rate in California was 9.7%in January of 2009. As of June 30, 2010, the unemployment rate is 12.3%–an increase of +2.6%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, California has received 18,332 rewards. […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Monday Morning, Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson ’s quote of the day in reference to Mari Del Carmen Aponte, an Obama nominee for Ambassador to El Salvador, who has a questionable past: “Is Aponte a loyalty risk or not? Barack Obama’s recess appointment has sidestepped the constitutional Senate confirmation process to avoid […]

In a recent Rasmussen Reports poll published August 16th , Republicans opened up their widest lead yet in the generic ballot poll, with 48 percent of likely voters saying they would vote for the Republican candidate in November, and only 36 percent saying they would vote for the Democrat. Republicans have not trailed in […]

By Rebekah Rast – Remember the saying, just because everyone else is doing it doesn’t mean you have to do it, or the question, if all your friends were jumping off a cliff, would you do the same? That question implies that being a follower […]

During the presidential election campaign, Obama supporters regularly dismissed those who thought that his association with the Weathermen Underground leader, terrorist bomber, and alleged murder, William Ayers was a window into candidate Obama’s beliefs. These same Obama supporters told anyone who would listen that it […]

Over the next 10 weeks, we will be examining the impact of the “Stimulus” and “Recovery Summer” state by state. So far, the data we have examined indicates that the stimulus has been a complete and utter failure. Almost all 50 states have been negatively […]

By Kevin Mooney — Business owners have joined forces with free market activists in New Jersey who are calling on state lawmakers to repeal “cap and trade” policies, which are responsible for boosting energy prices. On Thursday, The New Jersey Restaurant Association (NJRA), which represents […]