By Adam Bitely – As the new Republican Congress debates where it will cut back spending, Amtrak is one place they could start with. If there is any example of ludicrous, wasteful government spending, Amtrak is definitely the place to look at. To begin with, […]

By Rebekah Rast – There’s no question that we live in global environment. We buy products from all nations, eat foods from all around the world and interact daily with people from all different countries. It is important that America participates in this changing world, […]

By Bill Wilson – On January 26th, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced that the budget deficit would top $1.5 trillion in 2011 , the highest ever on record. That is mostly because of the unpaid-for $56 billion extension of unemployment benefits and a $120 billion cut in payroll taxes on employees from December’s tax deal. Because there were no offsetting spending cuts […]

By William Warren – Today’s cartoon looks at Obama’s change in rhetoric and corresponding rise in poll numbers.

By Rick Manning – The feel good State of the Union address with the good little boys and girls of the Congress sitting red, blue, red, blue was given a stark reality check by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on January 26th which projected the budget deficit […]

We have covered the failures of subsidized industries in this space in the past. One of the most subsidized is the solar power industry.Whenever an industry requires a subsidy to survive, it usually won’t last. Here is the latest round of solar plant closures : Hit by slow demand and falling prices, two solar […]

By Kevin Mooney — What is a green job? That question has a special relevance here in the early part of 2011 now that Team Obama has altered its environmental strategy. When he campaigned in 2008, President Obama said he would create 5 million new […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Government’s “other” gluttony Deficit outlook darkens… Obama’s oxymoron: Government innovation For the budget crisis, a fake solution A presidency to nowhere Schools suffer under Obama’s land grabs George Will: States can handle school reform Barone: Old rules won’t determine the GOP candidate in 2012 Obama’s tribute to Big Government The medical loss ration in ObamaCare is troublesome Obama is stuck in the 1960’s Banking ‘toxic cocktail’ is too big to forget Obama gets caught in Washington D.C. winter storm traffic jam CBO: Social Security to begin running permanent deficits this year…

By Rebekah Rast – “The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.”—Franklin D. Roosevelt There has not been a leader of this country that didn’t stress the importance of educating America’s youth. Even Obama, very recently in his State of the Union address, acknowledged , “Over the next 10 […]

By Frank McCaffrey – A part of Obamacare known as the Medical Loss Ratio can be devastating to a number of people. Americans For Limited Government has analyzed this and reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story.