The Duplicity of Employers Who Support Minimum Wage Increases
When the CEO of Starbucks backs a minimum wage increase you have to ask yourself whether it's because he's compassionate (with other employers' money) or he's just looking to stifle competition from lower-cost competitors.
Will Any Medicaid Patient Be Able to See a Doctor in January?
Democrats and the poor are quickly learning that access to health insurance (Medicaid) isn't the same as access to health care.
When the Only Person Left to See You Is a Nurse
New data confirm that it will be harder for patients to see their doctors in the future. As a result, physician assistants and nurse practitioners will increasingly fill in the gap between increasing patient demand to see a health care provider amidst a shrinking supply of doctors.
Minimum Wage Increase Is Another Form of Income Redistribution
Welfare programs are not the only way President Obama seeks to redistribute income. Raising the minimum wage is also an income redistribution scheme, from employers to workers, without having to pass through the government.
What Obama Won't Tell You About U.S. Carbon Emissions
President Obama likes to trash the U.S. as a top polluter, but by some measurements the U.S., as the world's economic engine, does very well.
Obamacare as Metaphor for Obama
The rollout of Obamacare had a lot in common with the "rollout" of Barack Obama's presidency. Both encouraged high expectations, promised impressive deliverables, and tried to reinstill faith in big government. And both utterly failed.
The Real Culprit Behind Voter Suppression Is Voter Apathy
Voter turnout will likely be low in this mid-term election; only a little more than a third of voters will take the time and effort to vote. But it will have nothing to do with voter ID laws or voter suppression and everything to do with apathy.
Has the IRS Become a Threat to Our Constitutional Liberties?
The IRS has gone rogue, threatening Americans' constitutional liberties. But don't blame the IRS alone; it and many other agencies are only following the lawless disregard for the Constitution and Bill of Rights provided by "President Pen-and-a-Phone."
The Company Behind the Keystone XL Pipeline Wins an Environmental Award
TransCanada, the Canadian company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, was just recognized for its pro-environment efforts; so what's President Obama's excuse for not approving it now?
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Environmentalists and other liberal groups are attacking good corporate citizens in an effort to get those companies to embrace their agenda. If the companies cave in to those tactics, that only emboldens the groups to go after even more.
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