Soda Taxes: Not About Health, Not About Sugar, Not Even About the Children
Philly soda tax expanded at the last minute to also cover diet drinks and to also pay for union contracts and pensions.
Broken School Finance System Creates an Opportunity for School Choice in Texas
As broken as education funding in Texas is, school choice is poised to be the carrot legislators need to make substantive changes to the current system.
The Deception Behind Obama's Health Insurance Happy Talk
President Obama deceptively points to employer-based health insurance as vindication of Obamacare; but Obamacare's real reforms were in the individual market and health insurance exchanges, and that market is imploding.
FTC Should Have Priority Over Internet Privacy
Too many government entities looking after our privacy means that we do not have any.
The Push for Later Social Security Retirement Ignores Seniors' Financial Needs
Some want to push back Social Security's retirement date; the problem is that the large majority of seniors take Social Security benefits early—because they need the money.
Republican Senators Attempt to Kill Email Privacy Act
Although House members recently passed the Email Privacy Act with unanimous consensus, some Republicans in the Senate are trying to kill the legislation. Why?
The Left's Never-Ending Quest to Take Profits from Health Care
The left thinks taking the profits out of health care would save money, but that's only because they don't know anything about the health care system.
Trending Topic: Let the Market Work
If conservative concerns lead Facebook to design a more robust and transparent system that ensures fairness to all its users, that is a market success, not a market failure. Let’s let it play out.
Free Markets = Free Trade = Free Markets
Free markets and free trade are two sides of the same economic coin; those who claim to support free markets should also support free trade.
Only Government Could Oppose Ride-Sharing
Who could oppose a new service that is universally loved by its participants? Government, of course—especially government at its worst.