For at least one conservative lawmaker, the current process for repealing and replacing Obamacare is beginning to look very similar to that of 2009, when Republicans accused Democrats of writing the Affordable Care Act behind closed doors. Armed with a portable copy machine, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., went on a crusade through the U.S. Capitol … Continue reading For Rand Paul 2017 Looks Like 2009 Obamacare Debate
President Donald Trump will soon issue an executive order calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to rescind the Clean Power Plan, a key component of the Obama administration’s Paris climate agreement. Reports have also surfaced that top officials in the Trump administration are divided on whether to pull out of the Paris protocol. Trump should … Continue reading Time to Say Au Revoir to Paris Climate Deal
Dear Patriot, The REINS Act RIPS OUT LIBERALISM'S HEART! That’s why President Trump wants it! But scheming liberal Senators are blocking it. Go to http://www.bettereconomy.org/reinspetition right now to sign your RIP OUT LIBERALISM'S HEART! Pass the REINS Act Now! Petition. What is the REINS Act, and why does President Trump want it? Sponsored by Sen. … Continue reading President Trump wants you to rip out liberalism’s heart…
Kim Jong Un isn't the overwhelming cultural and religious icon that his father and grandfather were. That lack of intense personal loyalty may it less likely regime change will halt North Korea's terrorist threats. When I was in North Korea for a week-long visit last year, monuments to Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il … Continue reading Kim Jong Un’s weaker personality cult may make it harder to replace him
Donald Trump said the following in his recent address to a joint session of Congress: To launch our national rebuilding, I will be asking the Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in the infrastructure of the United States—financed through both public and private capital—creating millions of new jobs. This effort will … Continue reading Here We Go with Infrastructure Again
Editorial note: the relationship between the Bitcoin price and gold is interesting as a symbol of Bitcoin's market success, and the broader success of cryptocurrency general, but has no greater structural significance. Moreover, the market capitalization of the gold market is vastly higher. Even so, given the widespread perception of gold as a safe haven, … Continue reading One Bitcoin Is Now Worth More Than an Ounce of Gold
Venezuelan activist and architect Javier Garcia Hernandez is only 37, but he's seen and been through more than anyone normally would in the US. Hernandez was in Atlanta recently and had a chance to talk with FEE president Lawrence W. Reed about what life in Venezuela is like. "It is a wall built by the communist … Continue reading Life Within the Wall of Venezuela
No two drugs have defined human civilization the way alcohol and caffeine have. Nature created both to kill creatures much smaller than us — plants evolved caffeine to poison insect predators, and yeasts produce ethanol to destroy competing microbes. True to its toxic origins, alcohol kills 3.3 million people each year, bringing about 5.9% of all deaths and 25% of … Continue reading Civilization Was Built on Coffee and Alcohol
For more than 30 years, I’ve been trying to educate my leftist friends about supply-side economics and the Laffer Curve. Why is it so hard for them to recognize, I endlessly wonder, that when you tax something, you get less of it? And why don’t they realize that when you tax something at high rates, … Continue reading Lowering Taxes Would Actually Increase Tax Revenue
For the past several decades, governments have been cracking down on tobacco consumption, including by banning smoking in many places such as bars or restaurants. But we've learned a lot about the effects of these kinds of policies over the last few years and now it's time to reconsider them. Here's why: 1. Property Rights … Continue reading Five Reasons to End Government Smoking Bans
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