02.16.2011

The Other Super Bowl

By William Warren – Now that the Super Bowl is over, the “other” Super Bowl begins–the battle between the NFL and the NFLPA.

02.16.2011

Government Pads Its Budget by More Than $700 Billion

By Bill Wilson – National Review’s Deroy Murdock is reporting that Senator Tom Coburn has discovered over $703 billion in unobligated federal funds in the Obama budget that ‘have not yet been committed by contract or other legally binding action by the government,’ according to the Office of Management and Budget . This includes $16.4 billion for the Department of Labor, $25.2 billion for Housing and Urban Development, and $309.1 billion of unspent TARP […]

02.15.2011

How Much New Debt is Being Proposed By Obama?

The amount of new debt proposed by the new Obama budget released yesterday is larger than the total amount of debt accumulated by the federal government from 1789 until January 20, 2009. Let that sink in for just a moment before reading any further. The […]

02.15.2011

FDA Panel Conflicts of Interest Taint Actions

Americans for Limited Government (ALG) urged the recusal of four members of an FDA panel deciding whether to ban menthol flavored tobacco products for “blatant conflicts of interest” in comments submitted today to the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC). ALG President Bill Wilson clearly defined the issue stating, “The integrity of the process is the issue, and […]

02.15.2011

Must Reads for February 15

02.15.2011

Internet For All!

By Adam Bitely – As the federal debt approaches $15 trillion in 2011, and Obama himself admits (even though his rhetoric does not match his action) that Washington can’t afford to spend money on everything it wants to do, an idea is floating around D.C. […]

02.15.2011

Belated Valentine’s Day

By William Warren –

02.15.2011

A Debt that Cannot Be Paid

By Bill Wilson – On Feb. 14, Barack Obama submitted his ten-year budget from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). With a straight face, he said of the proposal , “[W]e’re going to have to get serious about cutting back on those things that would be nice to have but we can do without.” Obama explained, “That’s what families across the country do every […]

02.14.2011

State Lawmakers Should Resist Implementation of ObamaCare

By Kevin Mooney – Although recent court decisions in Florida and Virginia have bolstered the constitutional case against ObamaCare, state officials should remain proactive in their pursuit of free market alternatives, according to policy analysts with expertise in health care policy. In January, the American […]

02.14.2011

Obama’s Budget Cuts: Painful and Dramatic…

Obama has released his 2012 budget, making cuts that he and others have described as “painful” or “dramatic.” As George Mason University Economics professor Don Boudreaux wrote , “Only by Washington standards does a two-percent spending cut qualify as ‘dramatic.’” So why are these “painful” and “dramatic” cuts? For starters, the cuts are […]

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