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February 19, 2009
The Real Fairness Doctrine
The growing incidence of calls for government meddling and control of speech is staggering.
February 17, 2009
The Stimulus Package that No One Knows
It is now officially President Barack Obama’s economy.
February 16, 2009
A Stimulus That Works: Tax Repatriation
If any of the estimated $1.5 trillion in retained overseas earnings of American companies are returned home, they are taxed at the federal corporate tax rate of 35%, one of the highest in the world, besides taxes paid to the host countries. Repeating the highly successful 2005 tax repatriation allowing these funds to come home subject to a 5.25% rate would bring hundreds of billions in new capital into the America economy.
February 13, 2009
Up Close and Personal
The “stimulus bill” will throw $20 billion dollars at an effort to improve health information technology (IT).
February 10, 2009
Doing Marx Proud
In 2001 the federal estate tax, more accurately dubbed the “death tax,” assessed a levy of 55 percent on savings left at death over $1 million.
February 5, 2009
In Stimulus Debate, Government Remains the Problem, Not the Solution
In his 1981 inaugural speech Ronald Reagan famously said, “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.
February 3, 2009
The ‘Divider Effect’
Defenders of the economic stimulus package have shifted from being disingenuous to just plain crazy talk.
January 29, 2009
A One-Way Ticket Home
These days it seems that almost every discussion includes the word “stimulus.
January 27, 2009
A COBRA That Could Bite Back
Out of the $825 billion House version of the proposed economic stimulus package, $157 billion is tagged for health care.
January 22, 2009
When Price Controls Discourage Innovation
Democrats have proposed an economic stimulus package that takes us one step closer to a system in which price controls determine innovation.


