The Federal Government Wants Even More of Your Personal Information
Given government's inability to protect sensitive personal information, public policy should move toward putting less, rather than more, taxpayer information in the hands of government.
Hillary Clinton Channels China's Efforts to Control Investors
Hillary Clinton and the Chinese government both want to force investors to hold stocks longer. The Chinese are using coercion and the secret police; Hillary only wants to use the tax system—at least for now.
The Tangled Web Woven
The new normal for the technology industry interacting with Washington, DC seems to be to argue for niche pieces of the broad ecosystem which has left the industry open to being easily attacked, even by wholly false stories, by those who oppose a free market.
Truth-Checking Obama's Remarks to the White House Conference on Aging
President Obama spoke at the White House Conference on Aging, but what's really getting old is having to "truth-check" all of his claims.
A Perfect Example of How Not to Run a Country
This a tale of a country so immersed in fiscal responsibility and anti-growth economic policies that it has threatened the global financial system—and I am not talking only about Greece.
Should We Fret the Debt?
Greece is just one of a number of countries whose federal debt to GDP is very high. And if Washington were honest about the full extent of U.S. federal debt, the U.S. would likely be at the top of the list.
Let the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fund Our Highways
Congress is looking for ways to fund the Highway Fund once again, but members could do it without raising taxes—by sunsetting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
More Spectrum Needed to Avoid Wireless Traffic Jams
If the FCC would reallocate more of its time and resources to releasing spectrum and less of it to micromanaging the broadband industry, that would be a win-win for the U.S. economy.
Have Toll Roads Become 'Troll Roads'?
At one time toll roads were thought to be a free market solution to traffic congestion; that assumption is being reconsidered by some.
A Dallas Morning News Columnist Gets It Wrong on Overseas Profits
The repatriation issue opens the door for a serious discussion about the pressing need for tax reform in a global economy.


