Publication Type
April 29, 2010
Government Controlled Speech on the Internet?
Whether it is “little punk staffers,” or talk radio chatter, or the various Tea Party groups, suddenly a chorus of our elected representatives on Capitol Hill is calling such comments or speakers “dangerous” or “scary.
April 27, 2010
Who Needs Sustainable Entitlements?
One of the real “sleeper” threats included in the recently passed health care reform bill is the Community Living Assistance Services and Support (CLASS) Act, which creates a voluntary -opt-out program to provide financial assistance to people with disabilities.
April 22, 2010
Protecting Consumers in a Knowledge Economy
It’s widely understood that the world has moved into a knowledge economy, and that economic growth and individual empowerment today are driven more by breakthroughs in science, technology and creativity than by just supplying child labor or by working longer and harder.
April 20, 2010
Two Cheers for Wyden-Gregg
There are two things we really like about the “Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010,” introduced by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Judd Gregg (R-NH): the fairness and the simplification.
April 15, 2010
The High Cost of Crime
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week issued a “Report to Congressional Committees: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, Observations on Efforts to Quantify the Economic Effects of Counterfeit and Pirated Goods.
April 13, 2010
Who’s Afraid of April 15?
What if most Americans didn’t owe any income tax? Would April 15 still be the object of scorn and derision? Well, that’s exactly the direction we’re headed in.
April 8, 2010
The Court of Public Opinion
As we reported last February, a group of so-called consumer advocates and labor interests was urging Comcast to drop the litigation it brought challenging the FCC's use and enforcement of agency-made "guidelines.
April 6, 2010
Free at Last, Free at Last
The phrase “free at last” is associated with spirituals and the emancipation movement.
April 1, 2010
Can You (Hear) Tax Me Now?
Every type of organization—families, businesses, nonprofits—scales back its spending and seeks greater efficiencies when revenues are down.
March 30, 2010
Obamacare and Obamaccounting
I predict that one of the most common phrases in the American vocabulary over the next few years will be, “I didn’t know the health care bill would do that.