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Ex-Im and Beyond
The biggest problem with the Export-Import Bank is that it helps fuel the corrosive client-patron lobbying culture that allies Big Business and Big Government at the expense of Main Street and republican government.
The Weekly Standard, May 18, 2015 -
How Five Republicans Let Congress Keep Its Fraudulent Obamacare Subsidies
Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul appear to be working together to block Sen. David Vitter’s efforts to stop Congress’s Obamacare fraud, at the expense of taxpayers and the rule of law.
National Review, May 7, 2015 -
Study: 90% of Obamacare’s Risk-Corridor Costs Would Have Been Born By Taxpayers
A study indicates insurers have kept their Obamacare premiums artificially low as they have expected to be bailed out by taxpayers—so taxpayers dodged a bullet when the cromnibus stopped the bailout, and the true and honest cost of Obamacare’s coercive mandates will more likely be felt going forward.
Global Credit Portal, May 1, 2015 -
U.S. Emergency-Room Visits Keep Climbing
President Obama claimed Obamacare was needed to reduce E.R. use and costs—but Obamacare has mostly dumped the previously uninsured into Medicaid, these new Medicaid beneficiaries get their care covered in the E.R. but often can’t get in to see primary-care doctors, and E.R. use has actually risen.
Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2015 -
The Roots of a Reforming Conservatism
Conservatives should advance policies that strengthen the mediating institutions—families, small businesses, Tocquevillian civil associations—that are both the fruits and facilitators of republicanism, and hence of real freedom.
Intercollegiate Review, April 20, 2015 -
How Civilizations Collapse — Is U.S. Next?
Civilizations cannot expect to survive widespread disregard for the rule of law.
Investor's Business Daily, May 6, 2015 -
Baltimore: A Lesson in Why Robin Hood-ism Hurts the Poor
Baltimore’s travails are largely traceable to progressive governments’ disrespect for property rights.
National Review, May 1, 2015 -
A Step Toward Repealing and Replacing Obamacare
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price introduces new legislation, based on the 2017 Project’s alternative, that is “the strongest Obamacare alternative offered in Congress to date,” thereby providing “the best chance” so far “to unite Republicans” and pave the road to full repeal.
The Weekly Standard, May 13, 2015 -
The Conservative Populist Breakout
Many conservatives are starting to argue for pro-Main Street immigration policies.
National Review, April 30, 2015 -
A Better Way to Roll Back Obamacare
In the King v. Burwell negotiations, Republicans need to avoid presenting their fallback position as their opening bid.
National Review, April 24, 2015 -
Shed Sunshine on Obamacare’s Subsidies for Congress
Violating its own law, Congress is refusing to live under Obamacare even though it required itself to do so when it passed the legislation, and Sen. Vitter is calling his fellow members to account for this lawlessness.
The Hill, April 29, 2015 -
Jeff Anderson’s Senate Testimony on King v. Burwell
The 2017 Project’s executive director, Jeff Anderson, testifies that King v. Burwell provides a welcome opportunity for Congress to give states an off-ramp from Obamacare that leads to the genuine alternative Americans have been craving for years.
The 2017 Project, April 29, 2015 -
Scott Walker Versus the Wall St. Journal on Immigration
There is no dispute that immigration increases the size of the economy; the question is whether it increases the economic well-being of the typical American.
The Weekly Standard, April 27, 2015 -
Costs of Merging Social Security Retirement and Disability Funds
Merging the two funds “would be a significant departure from lawmakers’ previous promises,” would delay needed reforms, and “would add another layer of opacity,” as it would blur the distinction between taxes used for retirement benefits and those used for disability benefits.
e21, April 27, 2015 -
A Sucker by Design
While Iran sensibly views "negotiations" with the Obama administration as a means to an end, the Obama administration inexplicably views a deal with Iran as an end in itself.
Real Clear Politics, April 25, 2015