It’s now clear where this “repeal and replace” thing is headed. A small cadre of the GOP House leadership hammered out a few tweaks of Obamacare in secret. All the essentials of Obamacare were left in place: the mandates, the regulations, the strictures, the entitlement expansions, the preset packages, and many taxes. The glorious … Continue reading Trump’s Voters Have Been Betrayed on Healthcare, Bigly
The idea of communism – the common sharing of productive property and its resulting output – is as old as the ancient Greeks and Plato’s conception of the ideal Republic in which the guardians all live and work in common under the presumption that a radical change in the social institutional setting will transform men … Continue reading Socialism Requires a Dictator
As the federal debt has gone from astounding to unbelievable to incomprehensible, a new problem has emerged: The US government is actually running out of places to borrow. How Many Zeros Are in a Trillion? The $20 trillion debt is already twice the annual revenues collected by all the world’s governments combined. Counting unfunded liabilities, which … Continue reading Trillions in Debt and We’re Just Scratching the Surface
Republicans have promised time and again to repeal Obamacare—not fix it, not try to make it better—they promised to repeal it. Here are five reasons the American Health Care Act put forward by GOP leadership does not fulfill that promise. 1) The bill does not fully repeal Obamacare. If you have a faulty foundation, nothing you … Continue reading 5 Reasons the GOP’s Obamacare Plan Isn’t Real Repeal
A House committee voted Friday to continue a school voucher program for poor children in the District of Columbia, signaling Republicans’ intent to follow through on President Donald Trump’s promise to expand school choice throughout the country. The program, known as the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, provides federally funded scholarships to low-income families in the … Continue reading House Panel Votes to Preserve, Expand DC School Vouchers
This week, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas signaled his belief that civil asset forfeiture laws have strayed too far from their narrow historical precedent and questioned whether “modern civil-forfeiture statutes can be squared with the Due Process Clause and our nation’s history.” The news stems from a case, Lisa Olivia Leonard v. Texas, which—like so … Continue reading Clarence Thomas Casts Doubt on the Constitutionality of Civil Forfeiture
Years of internal conflicts and poor governance are not the only problems facing the African countries of South Sudan, Nigeria, and Somalia. The United Nations recently declared famine in parts of South Sudan and Nigeria. Judging by current conditions, it won’t be long before Somalia follows suit. The number of people affected is staggering. In … Continue reading Man-Made Famine Leaves Millions Facing Starvation in Africa
Statement of Committee for Justice President Curt Levey: While President Trump was admonishing the press about its fake news yesterday, the left-leaning Alliance for Justice published some fake news of its own, titled “The Gorsuch Record.” The Gorsuch opinions and other materials cited by the AFJ report are real, but the conclusions it draws are fake — very … Continue reading Debunking the liberal lies about Gorsuch
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul reintroduced the same legislation, with an updated timeline, to repeal major components of Obamacare that an overwhelming Republican majority sent to President Obama’s desk in January 2016. Congressman Jim Jordan (OH) has introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Last week, Dr. Paul was … Continue reading Rand Paul Reintroduces Obamacare Repeal Passed by Republicans in Last Congress
Today is International Women's Day and, in some of the least surprising news of the day, it turns out that women's equality ties into economic freedom. International Women's Day was founded by the American Socialist Party in 1909 and usually ends up celebrating women in government, politics, and statism, but let's look at something else. … Continue reading Women Prosper When Markets Are Free
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