Opinion
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New Heartland Study: European Union Is on the Verge of Vassalizing America Through New Global ESG Law
Opinion -The CSDDD is the greatest threat to America’s sovereignty since the fall of the Soviet Union. -
Overlooked Treasury Report Supports Musk’s Warning About Federal Deficits Sinking the U.S.
Opinion -Elon Musk recently stated that “rich people” should “be caring more” about federal deficits because “if the ship of America sinks,” “we all sink with it.” This may seem like hyperbole, but a widely overlooked report from the U.S. Treasury shows it is a likely scenario unless major changes are made. -
Zombies That Can Never Be Killed
Opinion -Nowadays, the Congressional Budget Office issues annual reports on “expired and expiring authorizations,” and the number and scope of such programs – now called “zombie programs” – is stunning. -
Paying For What Ought To Be Free
Opinion -Environmental groups and universities are already working to mitigate climate change and reduce fossil fuels. So, we’re paying some to do what they were doing anyway, and paying others not to do what they weren’t doing anyway. -
The Left’s Cognitive Dissonance on Taxes and Regulations
Opinion -There are only a vanishingly few instances where Big Government advocates are honest about the awful policies upon which they insist. -
A review of A City Cannot Be a Work of Art by Sanford Ikeda, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
Opinion -At the mid-20th Century, Jane Jacobs stood almost alone as a critic of urban planning. Instead of seeing cities as elegant, or as “works of art,” she saw cities as diverse. -
De-Banking Big Banks Also Suddenly Pretend to Be Trump’s Buddies
Opinion -Big Gov-Big Bank de-banking collusion sounds an awful lot like the Big Gov-Big Tech censorship collusion. And helps further demonstrate who amongst President Trump’s news buddies can be trusted and who can not. -
Is Government Going to the DOGE?
Opinion -A simple requirement that Congress approve any new regulations would put an end to most overreach, and the same kind of sunset requirement that Colorado and many other states impose would make many rules disappear after a certain number of years. That’s just sound government. -
Labor Unions and Labor Laws in the United States: The Prussian Model
Opinion -Laws should not violate the inalienable rights of Americans, whether they be employees or employers. The labor laws that force the Prussian model on the American people should be repealed. Free markets are better at protecting workers than politicians or bureaucrats. -
Who Really Benefits from Government Regulation of Financial Advising?
Opinion -As far back as we have a recorded history, we see rulers, even the most despotic ones, claim that they protect common people. Usually, that does not work well for common people. The protection of common people is the excuse for the current government regulation of financial advising. However, our bureaucrats do not seem to […] -
The Tax Code and Retro Dave Chappelle Remind: Rich People Write All the Laws
Opinion -Do you think the Globalist billionaires - wringing the very last dollars out of the US’s collapsing empire - will allow even the slightest hiccup in the their ongoing, rolling heist? -
Are Americans Ready for Kamala Harris’s California Cost-Hiking, Business-Killing Policies?
Opinion -California’s de-carceration, de-prosecution, and de-policing have led to a toxic mix that has eroded public safety in the Golden State. -
Capital Gains Taxes?
Opinion -Listening to our politicians talk about increasing capital gains taxes makes one wonder whether these politicians and their economic advisors do not understand modern economics and finance, or whether they just hope that education in these fields is so poor that most people do not understand what is going on. Modern capital gains taxes are […] -
The Pain of Inflation
Opinion -Inflation is a top concern of voters. Yet economists generally argue that the costs of inflation are exaggerated. Can we reconcile these views? To begin, inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has fallen significantly since hitting 9.1 percent in June 2022. Inflation was 7 percent for all of 2022 but only 2.9 […] -
Do the Rich Pay Enough Taxes?
Opinion -Whether the rich pay their fair share of taxes remains contentious. Regardless of your position on this, accurate numbers on the rich’s current tax burden should inform this discussion. I will consider percentages of Federal individual income tax revenue from Tax Foundation analysis of IRS data. These numbers are sometimes inaccurately described as of all […] -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Most Americans Oppose Use of ESG Scores in Personal Financial Matters
Opinion -Press Release -More than six in 10 Americans who are familiar with ESG scores support blocking financial institutions from using them. -
The United States Has Become an Irresponsible, Debt-Addicted Nation
Opinion -As of now, the federal government has an absolutely mind-boggling $217 trillion in total unfunded liabilities on the books. -
The Numbers Don’t Lie: Americans’ Purchasing Power Is Down Under Biden
Opinion -The reality is that in Biden’s America, most Americans are not in good economic shape and most Americans have no money to spend on anything but the bare necessities. -
Biden Has Become Detached from Economic Reality
Opinion -It is ironic that Biden is so wildly out of touch with the struggles of everyday Americans, considering that he constantly portrays himself as someone especially attuned to blue collar America. -
Economic Anxiety Under Biden Has Reached a Fever Pitch
Opinion -From grocery stores to fast-food restaurants and just about everywhere in between, Americans are being hit hard by ever rising prices due to Biden’s reckless spending. -
Did Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Mislead Congress About a U.S. CBDC?
Opinion -Because CBDCs are digital and controllable by a centralized authority, they can be embedded with features that allow governments, banks, or other authorized institutions to monitor what people are purchasing with CBDCs, or prevent purchases from occurring altogether. -
Is China More Capitalist than the United States?
Opinion -As the U.S. government pursues protectionist policies toward the Chinese and other countries, this narrows the opportunities for Musk and other entrepreneurs to launch new EV technologies and innovations. -
Social Security’s Clock Is Ticking. Why It’s Not Getting Fixed.
Opinion -As the first step in Social Security reform, Congress needs to provide all Americans a framework for how benefit reductions might work in the case of insolvency so that they can plan as individuals. -
This Economy Does Not Look Good
Opinion -Until Congress and the president get serious about decreasing the burden of government on the nation’s productive people, America’s long-term economic prospects will continue to decline.