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May 15, 2012

A New Way to Buy Votes

It’s bad enough that politicians think they can use taxpayer dollars to buy themselves votes. How much worse will it be if those politicians come to conclude they can force private sector companies to buy votes for them?

May 8, 2012

The Seeds of a Successful Trade Policy

It's time to focus on one of the U.S.'s trade success stories: agriculture, and specifically genetically modified (GM) seeds.

May 1, 2012

PDUFA Nation: Let's Expand a Good Policy

There are precious few federal agencies that are able to respond to issues and challenges as fast as they should. Fortunately, there’s one that is.

April 17, 2012

Consolidation Nation: Under Obama, Big Is the New Normal

By injecting politics and regulation into the financial and health care sectors, the president is killing the innovation and competition that occur in markets that are easy to enter. 

April 10, 2012

That Anti-ObamaCare Bumper Sticker Has Now Become a Reality

The president keeps trying to extol the virtues of expanding the government, even as the government keeps proving him wrong.

April 3, 2012

What We Know and Don't Know About Obama's Loans to Green Companies

Although the administration has handed out about $8.3 billion, we don’t know which companies received how much of that taxpayer money.

March 27, 2012

Repeal, Repeal, Repeal, Repeal

ObamaCare must be repealed by Congress and replaced with reform legislation that really will increase access to health care, lower costs and improve quality.

March 20, 2012

Did Dynamic Scoring Kill Last Summer's Budget Deal?

If Democrats think there is no connection between tax rates, government revenue and economic growth, there is little hope for the economy—until we get someone in office who does.

March 13, 2012

The Fed's New Effort to Calm Inflation Fears: Print Money and Borrow It

If more cash is the key to getting the economy moving, there is a better way than the Fed's proposal of "sterilized bond buying." Instead, allow companies to repatriate the estimated $1.5 trillion U.S. dollars sitting in foreign bank accounts.

March 6, 2012

Slow Relief for Gas Pains

The president has a solution to the rising gas prices....it just may take a while.

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