There’s no looming “insolvency” for Social Security. Not in 2032, 2052, or 2102. It’s all politics, from both sides. How we know can be found in the fact that there was never a Social Security “lock box” in the first place. Instead, Social Security was always an extra income tax foisted on all working […]
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Happy holidays to everyone who celebrates “National Blame Someone Else Day” — which, unintentionally, may include a handful of senators expected to introduce the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” in the coming days. Notwithstanding all the taxes, regulations, and federal spending that drain our economy, the politicians championing the bill are loudly blaming
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The Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee recently advanced legislation enforcing new age verification requirements that would impact app store users of all ages. In a strange twist on what one might expect, it was the House Democrats who were unanimously opposed to more federal regulation—and rightly so. This Committee vote is unfortunately the
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The snowstorm has rendered driving in DC nearly impossible. But looking at the Senate calendar, maybe that’s a good thing. If Wednesday’s hearing on concert ticket prices gets cancelled, it would save Congress from wasting a chunk of taxpayers’ time. As a result of negative headlines surrounding artists — such as Taylor Swift —
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Leave Nancy Pelosi alone. Or at the very least, leave Pelosi alone to trade stocks. To muzzle her apparent skill when it comes to picking stocks is to blind the rest of us to crucial information. No doubt a few heads have already exploded. Doesn’t this guy know that Pelosi isn’t really an investor?
We Need More Stock Trading by Nancy Pelosi and Colleagues, Not Less Read More »
“You can spin your political base, but you cannot spin the economy or the bond market. Those two are unforgiving – and eventually voters might be too.” Those are the words of Manhattan Institute scholar Jessica Riedl in a recent Washington Post opinion piece. Riedl was critiquing Republican spin related to their tax bill. As she has
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North Carolina’s legislature recently passed a Congressional Term Limits resolution in bipartisan fashion. The Tar Heel state is the third one in 2024 (joining Louisiana and Tennessee) to make the historic leap. Voter momentum favors limiting the amount of time those elected to Congress can serve. Which is a crucial step toward better times
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“Congress Didn’t Ban TikTok.” That’s the title of Mike Gallagher’s latest column in the Wall Street Journal. The former congressman from Wisconsin is correct that Congress didn’t ban TikTok, it’s doing much worse: Congress is attempting a taking of TikTok. How we know the above to be true can be found in Gallagher’s column. He writes that “through TikTok,
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