On: 09/22/2010 21:02:50 In: Uncategorized ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured column from The Insider , the Goldwater Institute’s Benjamin Barr reminds us why debt limits are a good thing: Why States Have Debt Limits By Benjamin Barr With the westward expansion of the 19th century came canals and railroads—two highly expensive forms […]

On: 09/22/2010 21:03:16 In: Taxes By David Bozeman Do tax cuts really create jobs? According to columnist Froma Harrop, not necessarily. Democrats, of course, find themselves in a tight spot — by not extending the Bush tax cuts, they are effectively raising taxes. But most would […]

On: 09/22/2010 21:03:49 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment Koch Brothers, Private Industry Vilified for Advancing Calif. Initiative Aimed Against Global Warming Act By Kevin Mooney A California ballot initiative that could potentially unravel the anti energy policies Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law four years ago is the subject of a New York Times report aimed against free market groups . […]

On: 09/22/2010 21:04:45 In: Economy By Robert Romano “There are no American soldiers in Baghdad,” Iraq’s Information Minister famously proclaimed on then Iraqi state-run media, even as U.S. forces were descending into the capital city after Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003. It was one of the […]

On: 09/23/2010 21:29:54 In: Fiscal Responsibility By Robert Romano They had better mean it. The House Republican Conference has unveiled its “Pledge to America ,” a broad set of principles by which a new Republican majority would govern by. Included are promises to “roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels,” and to “establish strict budget caps to […]

On: 09/23/2010 21:30:24 In: Appointments By Rick Manning On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee pushed back consideration of the nomination of Judge Robert Chatigny for a lifetime appointment to fill the Second Circuit Court of Appeals seat vacated when Sonia Sotomayor was elevated to the Supreme Court, delaying […]

On: 09/23/2010 21:31:24 In: Barack Obama

On: 09/23/2010 21:31:59 In: Uncategorized By Rebekah Rast Much has changed in two years. Two years ago, a Democratic Congress was hailing a new Democratic President. The agenda was set. There was a promise of change and hope for the country. How quickly things changed. After passing a […]

On: 09/26/2010 17:17:18 In: Big Labor ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured editorial from the Washington Examiner , Americans for Limited Government’s Adam Bitely uncovers the phony “strike” by SEIU at George Mason University. For more information on the SEIU, please visit SEIUMonitor.com . Local Editorial: Three-ring circus at George Mason not funny Out-of-state union thugs, […]

On: 09/26/2010 17:17:46 In: Economy By Adam Bitely Continuing on Americans for Limited Government’s series investigating the effects that the “Summer of Recovery” and the “Stimulus” had on the states we covered Montana , Oklahoma , Idaho , Rhode Island and Utah over the past week. With news this week that the recession ended […]