By Albert Maslar — A famous Japanese proverbial picture depicts three monkeys, in turn, covering the eyes, ears, and mouth. In 2010, former House Speaker Democrat Nancy Pelosi handed over control of the House to Republican John Boehner by symbolically handing him a much-oversized gavel, […]

It’s time to get the boot off the throats of American job creators:

By Bill Wilson — A July 18 report by the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon has revealed a critical flaw in the Obamacare law that could ultimately prove to be its undoing. Namely, if states refuse to set up an insurance exchange under the law, the federal government lacks authorization to dispense some $800 billion in subsidies through […]

By Evan B. Kozierachi — Following Chief Justice Roberts’ decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate as a “tax,” there are 23 cases left challenging another mandate from the ACA, which has been dubbed the Health & Human Services (HHS) mandate. The […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Democrats play blackmail with taxes — NetRightDaily Government did not build your business — Reason Success and society — Don Boudreaux Cartoon: If guns cause murders… then blame paper for bad laws — Warren Toons Futile remedies for mass shootings — Reason Rep. Conyers and Obama admin. attempt ‘midnight regulations’ on the Internet — NetRightDaily Millions more may wind up without insurance as ObamaCare plays out — O.C. Register Zeal for legislating has turned us all into criminals — John Stossel Bloomberg: Cops should strike until guns are gone — United Liberty How big government infrastructure projects go wrong — Cato […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at Forbes.com . By Bill Wilson — Several mainstream media outlets are reporting that Congressional Democrats are making explicit threats.  Unless Republicans cave-in to their demands to increase taxes on higher income families and small businesses, the Democrats will block all […]

By Robert Romano — Apple, like many companies, has a giant wad of cash outside the U.S. it is not bringing into the country due to the tax burden that would incur, reports the Associated Press . “We do not want to incur the tax cost to repatriate the foreign cash […]

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) is attempting to pull a fast in the House of Representatives. He is pushing though an amendment to the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078) that would give Obama (or any president) the ability to put […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Wednesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : The farm bill should be put out to pasture — NetRightDaily Latest NBC/WSJ election poll heavily distorts number of Democrats — Breitbart.com Obama wins coveted Hugo Chavez endorsement — United Liberty The failed ‘War on Poverty’ — NetRightDaily ObamaCare: No free lunches — Cato Could ObamaCare make uninsured problem worse? — Investor’s Business Daily ObamaCare will provide less at greater cost — Washington Examiner Corporate welfare in the federal budget — Cato The incurable spending bug — Washington Times The Bain of Obama’s existence — United […]

By Adam Bitely — Politicians routinely suggest that providing transfer payments (AKA welfare) to those they deem in need of handouts will help them be better positioned to move up the societal status ladder. The common thinking amongst D.C. politicians is that the more government […]