To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson ’s quote of the day in reference to Sanders’ amendment to Audit the Fed : “The lack of transparency at the Federal Reserve helped to contribute to the financial crisis. If markets had more reliable information regarding […]

By Dan Mitchell – The correct capital gains tax rate is zero because there should be no double taxation of income that is saved and invested. This is why all pro-growth tax reform plans, such as the flat tax and national sales tax, eliminate the […]

By ALG News – Americans for Limited Government (ALG) called on the Inspectors General of both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Treasury Department to investigate an apparent criminal violation of the Internal Revenue Code by either members of the Florida IRS or […]

And this is why you should read Ludwig von Mises: “The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson ’s quote of the day in reference to the IRS leaking information about their investigation of Florida GOP officials : “The danger of the IRS becoming a public relations weapon against private citizens is real, and I thought we learned from […]

By Robert Romano – Does the Dodd bill contain Big Brother provisions? One of the lessons of this session of Congress is that details matter. Last week, as the Senate began presenting its legislation to take over the financial sector, it became clear that the takeover was […]

By Rick Manning – Headlines screamed all over the internet two weeks ago that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is investigating Marco Rubio, the GOP frontrunner for the U.S. Senate. Mysteriously, these damaging headlines appeared just after Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist was rumored to be dropping […]

By Rebekah Rast – It is a classic mistake to compare economic data solely within the context of Presidential terms. After all, in our current economic climate, the decline coincided directly with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid’s ascendancy to the leadership posts in both the […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson ’s quote of the day in reference to the Dodd-Lincoln and Boxer amendments to the Financial Takeover Bill : “Under the Dodd-Lincoln and Boxer amendments, the government can still seize any institution it wants, and then keep it, reorganize it, […]

On: 05/25/2010 23:29:50 In: Economy ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured op-ed by ALG Chairman Howard Rich in Investor’s Business Daily , prioritizing political party electoral advantage before paying the bills is bringing Western civilization to its knees: Kicking The Can Right Off The Cliff By Howard Rich The desire of politicians to obtain instant electoral gratification at the […]