By Rebecca DiFede — In a shameless stunt to secure reelection, the Obama Administration is considering granting refinance loans to borrowers who owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth, allowing them to qualify for today’s lower interest rates. This is thought to […]

By Bill Wilson — A bilateral agreement between Finland and Greece has promised to give the Nordic nation €500 million collateral for its portion of the bailout of Greece’s creditors. Considering the risks, the call for collateral is hardly surprising — Athens’ credit rating is a mere […]

By Rebecca DiFede — Call it Big Labor’s favorite movie. Whether through the National Labor Relations Board or OSHA inspectors, the Obama Administration has gone out of its way to coerce employers to get unionized — and to make sure pro-union shops get federal contracts. […]

By Howard Rich – In addition to preserving the inalienability of our individual liberties, limited government ideology has always revolved around the belief that the invisible hand of the free market creates more prosperity for more people than command-and-control economic wealth redistribution. Actually this isn’t […]

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By Bill Wilson — The Obama Administration has turned to billionaire Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of financial giant Berkshire Hathaway, to make the case for raising taxes on the rich because, says Buffett, he can afford it.  On Aug. 22, the White House reportedly chatted […]

Cartoon by William Warren

By David Bozeman – Or how about the “super rich?” Once again, the government class (and its docile followers) has appropriated the language to cushion the blow of its self-perpetuation. “The rich?” That’s so 2008. Besides, that canard has lost all but its minimal PR […]

By Kevin Mooney — “Wealthy liberals” are spreading false and misleading information about new drilling techniques that have opened up natural gas resources in Pennsylvania, according to a report from the Commonwealth Foundation . A geologic formation known as the Marcellus Shale, which cuts across New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West […]

By Rebekah Rast – President Obama has stressed the need for more federal revenue. His No. 1 suggestion on how to do so is to raise taxes on the wealthy. “The tax cuts I’m proposing we get rid of are tax breaks for millionaires and […]