Click here to tell Congress to kill the Green New Deal! Implementing the Green New Deal resolution would place significant though hard-to-quantify costs on Americans, according to a preliminary analysis by The Heritage Foundation that hints at the total burden. Granted, generating a cost estimate for a plan that is nebulously defined and lacks specificity … Continue reading A Glimpse of What the Green New Deal Would Cost Taxpayers
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have led the charge to add many zeros to what some Americans should be given at others’ expense. As a result, they have doubled (or tripled) down on an “old reliable” claim of the left that “the rich” don’t pay their “fair share” of taxes. But that excuse to tax … Continue reading The Myth the Rich Don’t Pay Their “Fair Share”
The Green New Deal will have the same bad outcomes as the old New Deal. It’s been eviscerated by economists, pounded by political analysts, and sunk in the Senate. Yet the Green New Deal is still part of the public discourse and is still lending political traction to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In that context, the … Continue reading The Not so New Green Deal
Restaurants Unlimited, a Seattle-based chain with restaurant locations in 47 US cities, announced on Sunday it was seeking Chapter 11 protection, citing “progressive” wage laws. The company, which has operated since the Lyndon Johnson Administration, said rising labor costs—part of a national trend of government-mandated minimum increases—were part of its decision. One Factor of Bankruptcy … Continue reading Restaurant Chain Announces Bankruptcy, Says Minimum Wage Hikes to Blame
From Parkland, Florida, to San Bernardino, California, the semi-automatic AR-15 rifle and its variants have seemingly become the weapons of choice for mass shooters in the United States. Many people simply cannot believe that regular civilians should be able to legally own so-called “weapons of war,” which they believe should only be in the hands … Continue reading Are AR-15 Rifles a Public Safety Threat? Here’s What the Data Say
A new academic study has found that, once again, gun laws are not having their desired effect. A joint study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of California at Davis Violence Prevention Research Program found that California’s much-touted mandated background checks had no impact on gun … Continue reading California’s Background Check Law Had No Impact on Gun Deaths, Johns Hopkins Study Finds
Congress is imposing the Green New Deal, piece by piece. Sign here to tell Congress to stop the Green New Deal! Last week, environmental activist and leader of the anti-carbon campaign group 350.org, Bill McKibben, sent a valentine to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey arguing that the Green New Deal, far from resulting … Continue reading Economist: The Green New Deal Is Built on Fear, Not Facts
Congress is planning to implement the Green New Deal, piece by piece. Sign here to tell Congress to stop the Green New Deal! Many of us watched the viral video in horror. A starving polar bear scavenging for food on barren land, his ribs visible beneath a jaundiced white coat. “This is what climate change … Continue reading The Myth That the Polar Bear Population Is Declining
When 22 people were killed in El Paso, Texas, and nine more were killed in Dayton, Ohio, roughly 12 hours later, responses to the tragedy included many of the same myths and stereotypes Americans have grown used to hearing in the wake of a mass shooting. As part of my work as a psychology researcher, … Continue reading Mass Shootings Aren’t Becoming More Common–and Evidence Contradicts Stereotypes about the Shooters
Sign here to tell Congress to kill the Green New Deal! The “Green New Deal” will fail for many reasons. One is that the people pushing it seem oblivious to the needs of poor and minorities families, who would be directly hurt by the plan. By one estimate, that Green New Deal would cost $600,000 … Continue reading ‘Green New Deal’ Would Hit Minorities the Hardest
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