To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Friday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : U.S. tab for European bailouts hits $20 billion CBO: Obama budget adds $3.5 trillion to the deficit Cost of living soars… Deconstructing ObamaCare Millions could lose employer-provided health coverage due to ObamaCare Your tax dollars at waste GOP field stirs less enthusiasm than McCain… Romney: No ‘secret deal’ with Ron Paul What ever happened to “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice”? GOP could make hay by opposing Export-Import bank Union business, on the taxpayers’ dime In praise of petroleum

By Frank McCaffrey — Drilling for natural gas has helped North Dakota drop its unemployment statistics and make its economy boom. Why isn’t the rest of the country following its lead? Better yet, why isn’t Barack Obama following its lead?

By Howard Rich — The stated objective of Barack Obama’s socialized medicine law is to expand access to quality, affordable health care in America — hence the statute’s title, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” As far as intended outcomes are concerned, greater access […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This article appeared in The Washington Examiner on March 16, 2012. By Bill Wilson — Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a whopping $36.7 billion bailout of the banks that are owed money by the government of Greece. Shockingly, U.S. taxpayers are on the hook for […]

By Rick Manning — One of the primary assumptions of the public is that journalists are supposed to provide the perspectives of diverse points of view in reporting stories.  Editorial pages, on the other hand, are expected to provide readers with an unvarnished point of view, free […]

Drilling for natural gas has helped North Dakota drop its unemployment statistics and make its economy boom. Why isn’t the rest of the country following its lead? Better yet, why isn’t Barack Obama following its lead?

Check out this interesting infographic from the Republican Study Committee showing how our tax dollars are wasted:

By Bill Wilson — To date, the IMF has given Greece and European banks $26.8 billion in kick-the-can refinance loans. Now the IMF, which the U.S. funds, is bailing out the banks that bet poorly on her debt with another $36.7 billion. Our stake was already $13.5 […]

By Frank McCaffrey –Hear from ALG Counsel Nathan Mehrens on a new bill to stop some ridiculous ideas that come from bureaucrats in big Washington, DC buildings. A Kentucky Congressman is looking to “REIN” in regs.

By Adam Bitely — Did you know that the Federal Government was spending taxpayer dollars on organizations that would lobby local governments to tax sugar and soda? Were you also aware that such activity is illegal? Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says […]