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The Short Unhappy Life of Obamacare
While the CBO projects there will be 31 million uninsured after 10 years of Obamacare, independent analysis projects that the number will be 40 million—roughly 10 percent more than today—as Obamacare will make insurance increasingly unaffordable.
Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2014 -
Trampling Democracy to Fight Climate Change
With an assist from five activist justices, President Obama’s EPA is basically rewriting federal law in imposing coal-plant limitations that Congress never passed and never would have supported.
Bloomberg, June 9, 2014 -
What if Obama Disobeys the Law on Another Gitmo Release?
President Obama’s disregard for the rule of law in releasing prominent terrorists from Guantanamo Bay has attracted bipartisan opposition.
Washington Examiner, June 5, 2014 -
The Real Story Behind the Small Business the Export-Import Bank Claims It Built
The Export-Import Bank’s version of its favorite small-business success story, Miss Jenny’s Pickles, turns out to be a rather tall tale since the company was already broadly successful by the time Ex-Im “discovered” it.
Daily Signal, June 4, 2014 -
Recovering the Wisdom of the Constitution
Although it is often forgotten or overlooked, what conservatism chiefly means in America is “the conservation of our political inheritance from the Founders,” and conservative policies should be crafted in that spirit.
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Taxes and Health Care: How Far How Fast?
To get to repeal, conservatives should advance an alternative to Obamacare that revitalizes the individual market—which the federal government long ago broke—without disrupting the typical American’s employer-based plan.
National Review, June 9, 2014 -
D-Day: ‘Let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died’
In honor of the 70th anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 1944) and the 10th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s passing (June 5, 2004), here is President Reagan from 30 years ago, speaking movingly at Normandy on June 6, 1984.
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Hitting the Political Sweet Spot on an Obamacare Alternative
A key to getting to repeal is to advance an alternative that would cause as little disruption to people’s existing health insurance as possible.
The Weekly Standard, June 5, 2014 -
The EPA as Super-Legislature
The EPA’s latest decrees are set to raise Americans’ energy prices while possibly increasing worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, but most troubling is the agency’s exercise of power that is plainly legislative in nature, despite the Constitution’s having vested all federal legislative power in Congress.
National Review, June 2, 2014 -
Regulations Cost Your Family $15,000 a Year
The federal regulatory state—now the size of the 10th largest economy in the world—continues to grow unchecked, undermining the prosperity of Main St. Americans.
Real Clear Policy, June 2, 2014 -
Obamacare in the Blue States
Former Health and Human Services General Counsel Michael Astrue discusses the possible criminal misconduct of pro-Obamacare state officials, particularly in Massachusetts, who may have covered up the dysfunction of their Obamacare exchanges to keep federal funds flowing their way.
The Weekly Standard, June 9, 2014 -
Obamacare Enrollment Was Driven by Coercion
Polling finds that the most common reason people bought insurance under Obamacare is they were mandated to do so by law.
The Weekly Standard, June 4, 2014 -
The Road to Repeal
Polling finds that voters are eagerly awaiting the conservative alternative to Obamacare that can lead to full repeal, and they’re poised to reward those who champion it.
The Weekly Standard, May 26, 2014 -
A Conservative Governing Vision
The debate between right and left, limited or unlimited government, dispersing power or consolidating it, is largely about the fate of the crucial space between the individual and government, where civil society flourishes—and only conservative policies can sustain and expand that space.
National Review, May 28. 2014 -
What Would a Real War on Poverty Look Like?
A real war on poverty would address and encourage the full spectrum of economic success: work, education, marriage, saving, home-ownership, and entrepreneurship—and in that order.
The Federalist, May 23, 2014