By Bill Wilson — “[T]he only thing that’s worse than cutting national defense is not having any scheduled cuts at all take place.” That’s how Rep. Jim  Jordan, chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, put it recently, in defense of $109 billion of reductions to budget […]

NRD Editor’s Note: Americans for Limited Government sent 26 letters to Republican governors either urging them not to implement, or praising for not implementing state exchanges in the health care law. By Bill Wilson — It is incredible that the Republican Governors Association is struggling trying to figure out what to do about Obamacare’s provision that states form a health insurance exchange .  If a majority of Republican governors simply followed Texas Gov. Rick […]

By Bill Wilson — Those governors that are today considering whether or not to implement a state-run health insurance exchange under the new health care law may hold the fate of Obamacare in their hands. Under the law, state exchanges would be responsible for dispersing some $800 […]

By Bill Wilson — If a new United Nations (UN) treaty governing small arms passes the U.S. Senate with a two-thirds majority, it will directly regulate gun owners in the U.S., warns acclaimed constitutional attorney Michael Farris. “[I]t is aimed not only at arms dealers — it […]

By Bill Wilson — The ultimate leverage in the game of chicken now being played in the upcoming fiscal cliff is who will get blamed politically if everyone’s taxes go up at year’s end. Because, unless House Republicans can come to some sort of an arrangement with […]

By Bill Wilson — Let the happy talk begin. It did not take long after Barack Obama’s reelection for financial pundits to begin forecasting a miraculous economic recovery in his second term. Take Financial Times U.S. economics editor Robin Harding, who proclaims that “The headwinds that buffeted Mr. Obama’s first term — financial crisis, falling house prices, and […]

By Bill Wilson — So, what have we learned from the most fractious Presidential election of my lifetime?  We have learned that if you put $1 billion behind a campaign of cynicism, racial division, class warfare, and extreme pettiness an incumbent with one of the worst records […]

By Bill Wilson — In spite of Barack Obama’s victory at the polls on Nov. 6, his incoming administration will still face a daunting challenge as the U.S. economy appears likely to remain in a catatonic state for the foreseeable future. Why? In decades past, the health […]

By Bill Wilson — Everyone headed to the polls on Nov. 6 is free to pick their reasons for what makes them cast a ballot one way or another. But there is one overriding factor that may ultimately give the Obama Administration a lot of heartache when […]

By Bill Wilson — There can be little wonder as to why bankrupt states like Illinois would love to see the Federal Reserve fire up its printing presses and start buying state and municipal bond debt. At $85 billion — and counting — Illinois has one of […]