Government Accountability

Must See TV: “The Call of the Entrepreneur”

  • September 25, 2008

The Fox Business Channel is featuring The Call of the Entrepreneur at the following times: • Saturday, September 27 5:00 – 6:00 PM EST / 2:00 – 3:00 PM…

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Taxes & Economy

“Crisis of subsidization and intervention”

  • September 25, 2008

The Washington Post got the perspective of the Cato Institute on the $700B+ federal bailout: “The biggest emotion we’re feeling right now is frustration that the media narrative is…

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Health Care

PA Senate passes “slacker mandate”

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 24, 2008

The Pennsylvania Senate today passed by a 50-0 vote a “slacker mandate,” (SB 1453) requiring insurance companies to cover single, childless children of policy holders (at the policy holder’s…

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Taxes & Economy

Offshore drilling ban to expire

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 24, 2008

Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire; the American Future Fund has the details.This means that beginning October 1, companies can begin drilling in the areas highlighted…

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Taxes & Economy

Illegal Immigration in Pennsylvania

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • September 24, 2008

Yesterday, Rep. Metcalfe held a press conference promoting the National Security Starts at Home reform package. The bills would make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to live and…

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Taxes & Economy

Upwardly Mobile America?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 24, 2008

Good article in The American Magazine on income growth and mobility in America. If you’re like me, you can skim the text and just read the charts.

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Education

Flunked Trailer

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 24, 2008

Flunked: The Movie is a documentary looking at the failure of our public schools, and success stories in public education. Below is the trailer. We will be hosting a…

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Taxes & Economy

Did Dwight Schrute write Paulson’s speech before Congress?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 23, 2008

Was Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s speech before Congress plagiarized? It sounds a lot like this clip from The Office. Here is Dwight’s presentation, with Paulson’s edits: This…

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Regulation

Financial “crisis” a failure of government

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 23, 2008

While some pundits and media, such as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, point to the proposed bailout as demonstration of the failure of the free market, in fact it is a…

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