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The Administration Has Missed 25 Statutory Deadlines Under Obamacare
President Obama’s own administration isn’t abiding by his signature legislation.
The Weekly Standard, April 24, 2014 -
The Conservative Case Against Obamacare: A Restatement
The case against Obamacare is as strong as ever: It has smoke-and-mirrors funding, creates a socially perverse array of winners and losers, undermines jobs and prosperity, restricts choices, and increases costs.
The Weekly Standard, April 21, 2014 -
The Debate Will Be Over When the American People Say It’s Over
The American people’s opinion on Obamacare hasn’t changed—they hate it as much as they did four years ago and are ready for an alternative.
The Weekly Standard, April 18, 2014 -
Why Democrats Are the Party of Inequality
As a recent study indicates, the middle class doesn’t flourish in liberal strongholds.
The Federalist, April 21, 2014 -
Ignoring an Inequality Culprit: Single-Parent Families
You’d never know it from the White House, academic conferences, or the press corps, but the decline of marriage may be the main cause of income inequality.
Wall Street Journal, April 20, 2014 -
The Unfolding Fiscal Disaster Behind Obamacare’s Enrollment Figures
A public trustee for Social Security and Medicare explains why Obamacare may well be “the greatest act of fiscal irresponsibility ever committed by federal legislators”—and why it’s getting even worse during implementation.
Mercatus Center, April 17, 2014 -
The Fiscal Consequences of the Affordable Care Act
In the real world—as opposed to the peculiar world of federal score-keeping conventions—adding Obamacare to existing federal health-care entitlements like Medicare won’t lower the deficit but will explode it by hundreds of billions of dollars.
e21, April 10, 2012 -
Is Obama Cooking the Census Books for Obamacare?
A self-professed “data-driven” administration makes it essentially impossible to use Census figures to examine the effects of the most consequential legislation of our day.
Bloomberg, April 15, 2014 -
Dems Play Politics with Bogus 77-cent Differential in Male-Female Pay
A president who claims to be guided by objective, scientific findings is peddling a thoroughly debunked statistic—while ignoring that sex discrimination by employers was outlawed during the JFK era.
Washington Examiner, April 11, 2014 -
The Obamacare Opportunity
Coalescing around an Obamacare alternative that avoids two major political pitfalls can lead to the full repeal of Obamacare—and hence to “a crucial victory for the cause of America’s governing ideals in the 21st century.”
The Weekly Standard, May 5, 2014 -
American Companies Think the Unthinkable—Leaving the U.S.
As the U.S. imposes the highest corporate tax rates among developed nations—and adds to that the rising cost of Obamacare—some American companies are looking to relocate.
Investor’s Business Daily, April 14, 2014 -
How Much Health Plan Premiums Spiked over the Last Four Years of Obamacare’s Rollout
As Obamacare’s costly regulations have started to kick in, a survey of health insurance brokers shows a sharp increase in rates—averaging 11 to 12 percent in the past quarter alone—for those purchasing individual or small group plans.
American Enterprise Institute, April 8, 2014 -
Export-Import Bank Exposure Grows as Private Lenders Profit
The Export-Import Bank offers further evidence of the natural alliance between Big Government and Big Business, with Main St. Americans picking up the tab.
Mercatus Center, April 1, 2014 -
Team Obama Struggles to Explain the 12% Gender Pay Gap at the White House
A major reason why men and women don’t make the same incomes is they choose different career fields, but sometimes even when they choose the same fields—say, when both become White House staffers—the disparity remains.
American Enterprise Institute, April 9, 2014 -
HOT & Bothered
While liberals and many libertarians unite against building or maintaining general-purpose lanes to improve traffic flow, the typical American suffers.
The Weekly Standard, April 14, 2014