Conservatives and libertarians, especially those who follow the issue, know the answer: we definitely do not have a revenue problem, and we most certainly do have a spending problem. Getting this fact across to others is always an uphill climb, against a stiff headwind from …
Speaker of the House Andy Tobin (R-Dist. 1)
STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX (May 7, 2012) – Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, Andy Tobin, officially announced today that he is not running for Congress. Instead, he plans to run for re-election to the State House of …
Because Barack Obama repeats himself so often, I’m never sure when I see him on TV insisting that his energy policy involves “all-of-the-above” whether I’m watching one of his 2008 campaign speeches or one that he delivered yesterday afternoon. Either way, I know he’s lying.
The …
The top 1% of income tax payers paid over 318 billion dollars.The bottom 50% paid less than 20 billion.
It is very often the case, when looking at economic data, that percentages are used rather than raw dollar figures. Percentages are used because raw …
Election day in the Congressional District 8 special election is still more than a month away on June 12, but don’t be fooled into thinking that’s how long voters will wait to choose between Democrat Ron Barber or Republican …
In our post-1991, post-Soviet world, it’s easy to forget what the Cold War was like. It’s easy to forget that Russia was once considered a major threat. People who weren’t born or were too young have no context or don’t remember at all. Those of …
This new ad from Mitt Romney does exactly what it should. It begins the process of raising the subject of the participation rate from the level of commentary in new media and cable business news programs to the level of presidential politics.
What is the participation …
Often times, you will hear politicians or commentators use the terms “out of control” or “runaway” to describe federal spending. The chart below clearly indicates that those terms are entirely appropriate. Indeed, they may be understating the matter. A more appropriate term might be “insane.”
Honestly, …
Minimum wage rules may be well-intentioned, but they hurt the very people who need help the most.
If you’re a liberal, you would probably insist, depending on which one you attended, that Harvard, Yale, Stanford or UC Berkeley, was the finest college or university in the country. If you went to Harvard, you would probably say, in the world.
If you were a …
