Our Fiat Dollar Has Cost the United States $80 Trillion
It is not possible to have a stable economy and stable financial markets without a stable dollar.
It is not possible to have a stable economy and stable financial markets without a stable dollar.
With one sentence, Chief Justice John Roberts did what scores of speeches from President Barack Obama and hundreds of pages of legislation from Congress could not do: define what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act actually was: a tax.
There is no economic theory under which tax rate cuts could cause recession.
Despite the loss, states’ rights and federalism made significant gains in this decision, and live to fight another day.
Once again American conservatives have struck a lethal blow against freedom, rights and capitalism. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling today, condoning every sordid feature of the 2700-page, rights-violating “ObamaCare” law, ensures that America will move still farther and faster down the path to full, socialized medicine, a path first paved in the 1960s, with Medicare and Medicaid. The lawless ruling was made possible by the vote of Chief Justice John Roberts, an appointee of “compassionate conservative”[...] read »
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This month, in my former state of residence California, voters narrowly rejected an increase in the state’s cigarette tax by voting down Proposition 29; an act that, for some, seemed out of touch with voter concerns about balancing their state budget. Others contend that the measure went down in flames because voters have lost faith in their government’s ability to manage their state’s budget. In fact, California voters have rejected every ballot effort to raise taxes since 2004. California’s general[...] read »
Last month I received a worried telephone call from a government official in California. An Orange County government agency was holding a water summit, just days away, and one of the speakers was throwing a last-minute hissy fit about a fellow speaker scheduled for his panel. According to the official, the speaker throwing the hissy fit, Climategate central figure Michael Mann, was expressing indignation that the other speaker allegedly did not have the scientific credentials to share a stage with[...] read »
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Media coverage of the 2012 election is dominated by talk about so-called “super PACs.” And, overwhelmingly, that coverage is negative. read »
If the health law withstands the Supreme Court challenge, two physician legislators in Congress want to make sure the Obama administration doesn’t get away with its attempt to rewrite the law to fit its larger agenda. read »