Companies 'Outsource' Because That's Where The Sales Are
The political war against “off-shoring” — which is what the critics usually mean when they use the term “outsourcing” — is raging this election year. But there is an important reason why many
Plunge In CO2 Output Due To Natural Gas Fracking
The most underreported recent environmental story has been the dramatic decline in energy-related carbon emissions — nearly back to mid-1990s levels, and falling.
States Should Break Their Addiction To Medicaid
What dissenting governors—as well as many others—want is more flexibility to address the problems of the uninsured in creative ways.
No One Would Miss ObamaCare, but the Window for Repeal Is Two Years
Matthews writes in the Wall Street Journal that ObamaCare's alleged benefits are overrated, and by 2014 the bureaucratic mess may be impossible to untangle.
Environmentalists have unrealistic vision to 'repeal, replace' fossil fuels
The day may come when we can transition to clean energy, but not for decades. Until there is a real “replace” vision, environmentalists should quit trying to “repeal” fossil fuels.
Seven Things (Still) Wrong with ObamaCare
The U.S. Supreme Court may have upheld most of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but that won’t fix the law’s many flaws. Here are seven problems that riddle ObamaCare.
High risk pools are workable alternative to costly pre-existing condition mandate
Every Republican is campaigning on a theme of “repeal and replace” ObamaCare; but, some Republicans are considering retaining the most costly of the act’s mandates: The requirement that health insurers accept any applicant regardless of health status, known as “guaranteed issue.”
Is ObamaCare the Largest Tax Increase in History?
If both the mandate to buy health coverage and the penalty for not having it are considered a tax, ObamaCare becomes the largest tax increase in U.S. history.
How ObamaCare Increases Income Inequality
Income inequality appears to be growing in the United States. And while President Obama didn’t initiate the trend, his health care legislation will dramatically exacerbate it.
There's a Triple Tax Increase in Your Future
The so-called Bush tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year. That means that all of the current income tax rates will rise to pre-2001 levels overnight. But there's more. The health care law imposes a new 3.8% tax on passive income, including dividends and interest. So the effective dividend tax rate for those at the upper end of the income scale would nearly triple, to 43.4%. Happy New Year!
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