Publications

Growing State Taxes, Not Simplifying Them After years of unsustainable spending, state and local governments now find themselves in a budget bind.

Since when did Washington become so enamored with temporary tax cuts? “Temporary” seems to be all the buzz these days, even though there’s zero evidence that temporary tax cuts work.

Counterfeit drugs have become a scourge in many parts of the world, and are a threat even in advanced economies such as the U.

Heath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is striking back at health insurers who aren't getting on board with ObamaCare.

For hundreds of years, patent owners have “marked”—i.

President Obama is out this week with three proposals for stimulating—oops, forgot we weren't supposed to use that word—for creating jobs.

According to the Washington Post yesterday, China now is forcing registration of personal information with the government just to purchase a mobile phone.

An estimated 58 million Americans have embraced the convenience of pre-paid wireless service, but the "Pre-Paid Mobile Device Identification Act," sponsored by Senators Schumer (D-NY) and Cornyn (R-TX) would impose new regulations and costs on consumers of prepaid wireless service, and erode users’ privacy. These new burdens on consumers are not an acceptable tradeoff for what would likely be an ineffective tool against a handful of criminals.

President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty” taught us what happens when well-meaning (to give them benefit of the doubt) politicians and bureaucrats create a welfare system that rewards those who shun work, while punishing those who try to take responsibility for themselves.

Last week, time expired for weighing in with the FCC on the proposed Comcast deal with GE for NBC Universal.