Opinion
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Marketplace Fairness Act Violates Principles of Free Trade, Fairness
Opinion -In fall 2014, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) refused to allow a vote on the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA), a bill effectively forcing online businesses to collect and remit sales taxes to cities, counties, and states in which they are not -
Obama Budget Would Spend Billions on Climate, Renewables
Opinion -Reaffirming his commitment to force America’s energy sector away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources through the exercise of regulatory power and spending priorities, President Obama has proposed substantial funding increases for the White -
Why Republicans Need to Repeal Obamacare One More Time
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #455 On Capitol Hill yesterday, House Republicans released their latest budget, which includes reforms to Medicare and Medicaid as well as the repeal of Obamacare: The plan envisions a remaking of the federal government. -
States Take the Lead on Transportation Fund Reform
Opinion -While some members of Congress are pressing for an increase in the federal gas tax, responsibility for funding transportation projects is increasingly shifting from the federal government to the states. -
New Book Champions Parents as School Consumers
Opinion -Review of The School Choice Journey: School Vouchers and the Empowerment of Urban Families, Thomas Stewart and Patrick J. Wolf (foreword by Sen. Joe Lieberman), Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 236 pp., $95.00. -
Internet Sales Tax Fails in Lame Duck Session
Opinion -Despite protests from trade groups and some state governors, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has remained resolute in his refusal to allow the Marketplace Fairness Act to receive a hearing on the House floor. -
New Congress Should Heed Voters, Kill Internet Sales Tax
Opinion -As the 113th United States Congress gives way to the incoming 114th Congress—a transition that will include 50 new representatives and 12 new senators—hopes for passage of a plan to tax goods and services purchased online are dead for 2014. -
Health Care’s Inequality Problem
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #439 One of the underestimated aspects of Obamacare’s impact on the economy is the effect it’s had in driving inequality. -
Pence 2.0: New, But Not Exactly Improved
Opinion -Many commentators on the right have Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on their 2016 presidential nominee shortlist. After all, they say, Pence has earned it.Pence spent 12 years in Congress building his conservative street cred. -
Showdown Looms over Federal Wind Subsidy
Opinion -With Congress returning from its August recess, proponents of extending a federal subsidy to the wind-energy industry—the production tax credit (PTC)—say they plan to leave no stone unturned in their efforts to continue receiving favorable treatment -
Why I Blew the Whistle at EPA
Opinion -[Editor’s note: Alan Carlin delivered these remarks when accepting the Climate Change Whistleblower Award at the Heartland Institute’s Ninth International Conference on Climate Change, July 8 in Las Vegas. -
The Libertarian Moment Can’t Just Be A Moment
Opinion -Robert Draper’s piece on The Libertarian Moment in the New York Times magazine has been receiving a great deal of attention over the past week or so. -
Pass the House Border Bill
Opinion -Conservative and liberal media alike were all atwitter with Thursday’s midday news that the House of Representatives was going on its summer recess without passing a border-related bill because Republicans did not have the votes to pass it. -
Area Lobbyist: Why Do Republicans Want To Kill My Job?
Opinion -John Feehery’s piece here on the dangers of rising Republican skepticism for big business is an amusing read, not just because I’m pretty sure nearly every sentence of it can be debunked in whole or in part. -
Congressman: Privatize Some Veterans Health Services
Opinion -In light of numerous recent problems uncovered at the Veterans Heath Administration, including fatalities while veterans await care, a medical doctor and House member is calling for the government to enable veterans to seek more of their -
“Room To Grow” Blind To The Most Important Issue For The Middle Class — Economic Growth
Opinion -In 1900, we had no airplanes, no computers, no cellphones, no internet. We had only rudimentary versions of cars, trucks, telephones, even cameras. As Stephen Moore and Julian L. -
Natural Gas Export Facility Would Not Harm Environment, Feds Find
Opinion -A natural gas export facility on Chesapeake Bay would have no significant impact on the environment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission determined in a draft report. -
Natural Gas Export Facility Would Not Harm Environment, Feds Find
Opinion -A natural gas export facility on Chesapeake Bay would have no significant impact on the environment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission determined in a draft report. -
Welcome to the “No Pee” Section of the Swimming Pool
Opinion -America is poised to become the “no pee” section of the global swimming pool and the useless actions will cost us a bundle—raising energy costs, adding new taxes, and crippling the economy. Even some environmentalists agree. -
Hopes for Long-Term Transportation Bill are Fading
Opinion -With federal transportation spending outpacing tax receipts by some $1.25 billion a month, the cash balance of the Federal Highway Trust is drawing perilously close to where the U. -
The VA Scandal and Socialized Medicine
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #421 The continued scandal of the Veterans Health Administration provides a good example of the downside of government-run medicine. -
The 2014 State of Wind Energy: Desperately Seeking Subsidies
Opinion -With the growing story coming out of Ukraine, the ongoing search for the missing Malaysian jet, the intensifying Nevada cattle battle, and the new announcement about the additional Keystone pipeline delay, little attention is being paid to the Production -
School Choice Caucus Established in Congress
Opinion -The Congressional School Choice Caucus is the first group of its kind on Capitol Hill. -
This Is How the Tea Party Ends: In Victory
Opinion -How do political movements end? And how do we assess the impact they had on the political sphere?