Editorials: Budgets and Taxes

Reining in pension costs

Matthew Glans
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September 29, 2012
On September 29, Policy Analyst, Matthew Glans, had a letter to the editor published in Crain's Chicago Business (circ. 45,667).

At Their Most Brazen

Peter Ferrara
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September 19, 2012
You can tell where the Obama campaign is worried that Romney is drawing blood, because it's made up a fairy tale totally disconnected from reality to address that concern.

Mitt Romney Is Right About the ‘Victims’ of Government

Jim Lakely
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September 18, 2012
Merrill Matthews, a resident scholar at theInstitute for Policy Innovation and a 

The Che Convention

Peter Ferrara
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September 06, 2012
The Democrats open their national convention this week under dark storm clouds of left-wing extremism. This is not your father's Democrat party.

Obama’s Accelerating Downward Spiral For America

Peter Ferrara
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September 06, 2012
New income data from the Census Bureau reveal what a great job Barack Obama has done for the middle class as President.  During his entire tenure in the oval office, median household income ha

Don’t Believe Obama’s Ads, Romney Is A Middle Class Tax Cutter

Peter Ferrara
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September 06, 2012
Barack Obama brazenly fabricates Mitt Romney’s tax proposals, pouring millions into advertising claiming those proposals would increase taxes by $2,000 a year on the average middle class family.&nb

Recent Evidence Shows Real Capitalism Beats Crony Capitalism

Steve Stanek
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August 20, 2012
In the span of two weeks we have seen a success of capitalism and a growing failure of state capitalism. 

The New Face of Health Care -- the IRS

Peter Ferrara
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August 17, 2012
When President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, aka "Obamacare") goes fully into effect in 2014, the American people will only then begin to see the implications of its th

The Election 2012 Prizefight: Paul Ryan's Budget Vs. Barack Obama's

Peter Ferrara
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August 16, 2012
Mitt Romney’s selection of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan to be his running mate perfectly reframes the campaign on grounds the Republicans should win easily, as long as they communicate

When It Comes to the Jobless Numbers, President Obama Isn’t Talking Straight

Peter Ferrara
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August 09, 2012
“This morning we learned that our businesses created 172,000 new jobs in the month of July,” President Obama bragged regarding last Friday’s jobs report.