Stephen Moore, a policy advisor for the Leadership Project for America Foundation and one of the leading proponents of free-market economics in the country, has an analysis “Keep the Spending Caps” over at the Heritage Foundation’s web site (where he holds the position of Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity) […]
Read MoreNational Geographic’s latest cover story generated lots of attention for comparing climate change skeptics to those who fear vaccinations, disbelieve NASA’s moon landing, and oppose water fluoridation. The author bemoans the fact that only 40 percent of Americans (according to Pew Research Center) “accept that human activity is the dominant cause of global warming,” asking how so […]
Read MoreWisconsin is poised this week to become the 25th “right-to-work state,” ending forced unionization and allowing individual workers to decide if they want to join a union or not. The Wisconsin Senate just recently passed right-to-work, and our sources in Madison say that the House, which is controlled by Republicans, will enact a similar law […]
Read MoreWhile the prospects for tax reform in Washington are dim, as many as 20 Republican governors are moving forward with their own pro-growth tax-relief initiatives. This is on top of the 14 states, including Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, whose 2014 tax cuts will take effect this year. Arizona’s new Gov. Doug Ducey says his […]
Read MoreFirst, the good news. The economy is unmistakably regaining some of its mojo. We picked up another 214,000 jobs in October, according to the Labor Department, and with revisions from previous months, the number was closer to 250,000. Now THAT’S more like it. The stock market is on a raging bull ride, too. We keep […]
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