Publications

Governor Haslam of Tennessee was “surprised” to hear he had a failing fiscal grade and has argued that his tax increases were for the kids. When a politician uses kids as defense, grab your liberties and your wallet, as you are about to lose at least one. In this case, in the Main Street Fairness Act, politicians have found a way to take both.

What is driving the tech boom is an entrepreneurial, can-do spirit, relentless innovation, and in many of the most dynamic areas, a light-touch regulatory approach, not the occupant of the White House.

The incoming president and Congress must take immediate steps to stimulate real economic growth, which will make pursuing the rest of their agenda and solving our other problems possible, and easier.

Both President Obama and Governor Romney want to do some nation building: Obama at home, and Romney abroad. Both are potentially costly ideas without much hope for success.

What does the free market say when a business plan just isn't cutting it? Try a different plan, that's what.

Reducing deaths due to smoking is obviously a Good Intention, and there are many ways to do so without destroying the value of trademarks. But when policy makers travel to the Land of Good Intentions, precedents get set that threaten the rights of all.

The reason Obama and Biden are convinced Romney’s tax plan cannot work is that having failed themselves to grow the economy, they are defining economic growth out of the equation.

While both sides will claim to be standing up for the middle class, it appears that the large majority of states with a median income equal to or less than the national average will be standing up for Romney.

Markets abhor uncertainty and regulatory uncertainty results in reduced investment, innovation, opportunity and benefit to consumers.