By Rick Manning – “[T]he fact is you can’t solve our problem unless you do what ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’ wants to do. So, it doesn’t matter what the polls are. We’ve got to fix our country, and this is the only viable plan right now that will […]

By Rebecca DiFede – This past Wednesday, Michelle Obama hosted a press conference where she detailed the latest progress on her  Let’s Move campaign. It seems she has shifted her focus from exterminating characters marketing unhealthy foods, and decided instead to pretty much shove broccoli and Brussels sprouts […]

By Adam Bitely – The work stoppage in the NFL that many feared would lead to the cancelation of the 2011-2012 football season appears to be nearing an end as owners lift the lockout—without a single game being missed. By the beginning of next week, the NFL […]

Harry Reid will call for a vote to TABLE ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’ tomorrow in the U.S. Senate. This vote only requires a majority to pass. If it is tabled, then the cloture vote for CCB will never occur, and Harry Reid will have pushed […]

What me and countless others predicted would happen years ago has finally happened– the U.S. government admits that it lost money on bailing out Chrysler : U.S. taxpayers likely lost $1.3 billion in the government bailout of Chrysler, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. The government recently sold its remaining 6% stake in the company to Italian automaker […]

The following letter is being sent to members of the House today by Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson : To the Members of the House of Representatives: Representative Joe Walsh is distributing a letter to Speaker Boehner urging him to reject the McConnell Senate debt […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Credit downgrade would drag blue states into abyss The gang of six plan is more smoke and mirrors Gang of Six Plan: A $3.1 trillion tax hike The trouble with the debt ceiling debate McConnell’s ‘Plan B’ is opposed by House Democrats Big Government has led to a ‘recovery in name only’ Rep. Paul Ryan: Leading on reporters at press conferences is not leadership Las Vegas union card check case could have national implications Markets in everything: Private job loss insurance The world is not overpopulated

Today’s quote of the day comes from Gordon Tullock: [I]ndividuals who enter a supermarket and purchase items of their choice are assumed, when they enter the voting booth, to vote not for the politicians and laws that will benefit themselves, but for politicians and laws […]

By Kevin Mooney — Republican Lawmakers are standing up to green pressure groups at the state level and The New York Times is getting nervous. The action in Maine, Florida and North Carolina has attracted media scrutiny because it demonstrates that Tea Party activists are exerting […]

By Bill Wilson –  According to a recent analysis by Reuters’ Steven Johnson and Daniel Bases , a threatened credit rating downgrade of U.S. treasuries by S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch could drag down state and municipal bonds, leading to higher borrowing costs at a time when governments are already strapped for cash. “All three major ratings agencies have said […]