Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Canada’s big chance
Financial Post (Ontario, Canada), March 10, 2009 President Obama’s radical response to the recession could give Canada a massive economic advantage Yesterday, Prime Minister Harper highlighted his government’s plans for dealing with the economic slowdown and presented the crisis as an opportunity for Canada: “Ultimately, it is an opportunity to ...
Business & Economics
Some states are more free than others
Valley Morning Star (Harlington, TX), March 9, 2009 If you expect state and local government to provide a life for you and your family, you live in the wrong place. If you think government should create a job for you, you’re in the wrong place. You should leave Colorado and ...
Business & Economics
Class-Action Lawsuits Gone Wild
By itself, this isn’t such a big deal: A non-profit hospital system in upstate New York settles a class-action lawsuit brought by a couple of nurses for $1.25 million. Plaintiffs alleged that the hospitals conspired to artificially lower nurses’ wages. The Wall Street Journal reports that the settlement will be ...
Commentary
Obama administration policies not American
Renew America (Washington, D.C.), March 9, 2009 Part 2–socialized medicine: The end of America as we know it? (See Part 1 — 2/9/09) The just-concluded health care “summit” at the White House was so much window dressing, giving the appearance of hearing from “all sides” before Barack Obama, this nation’s ...
Business & Economics
U.S. can’t afford Obama’s plans or the taxes that go with them
The pork-laden “stimulus” bill that President Obama recently signed contained more than $100 billion in new government health-care spending. If the president and his congressional allies have their way, though, that’s just the beginning of a vast expansion of government funded health care. Two recent studies from the nonpartisan Congressional ...
Business & Economics
Turning America into a Blue State; Bad Idea?
Some of the right-wing blogs I read are convinced that President Obama sincerely wants to destroy entrepreneurship in this country. This is nonsense. Obama loves entrepreneurship, but he would like to make a few changes to it. It’s the nature of the changes that worries me. If these changes worry ...
Business & Economics
Prop 1A: Interview with economist Ben Zycher, who says the measure does not deliver on a promise of real spending reform
Ben Zycher, a senior fellow with the Pacific Research Institute, thoroughly reviewed the text of Proposition 1A before the voters this May, and was underwhelmed by alleged spending reforms, and critical of tax increases in the proposal. FR Publisher Jon Fleischman interviews noted economist Ben Zycher A few weeks ago, ...
Business & Economics
Can the Obama Administration Spare Some Real Change?
The Obama administration is ushering in a new era of big government, higher taxes and more spending, to an extent that even supporters are worried. The tech-savvy president should consider recent suggestions from the technology and science sector, such as the idea that not all problems can be solved by ...
Business & Economics
New Mexico’s economic freedom needs boost
Clovis News Journal (Freedom Communications, NM), March 5, 2009 Are you someone who values freedom above all else, including health, safety and welfare? If so, New Mexico has a ways to go to reach the top tier of states. A new study released by the Mercatus Center at George Mason ...
Business & Economics
Unfair Pay Act Perpetuates Myths
An evil, greedy company deprived a hard-working woman of her full earnings, aided by a bad court ruling and an unfair outgoing president. The United States Congress heard the victim’s cry, and came riding to the rescue with the Fair Pay Act, the first bill signed by new president Barack ...
Canada’s big chance
Financial Post (Ontario, Canada), March 10, 2009 President Obama’s radical response to the recession could give Canada a massive economic advantage Yesterday, Prime Minister Harper highlighted his government’s plans for dealing with the economic slowdown and presented the crisis as an opportunity for Canada: “Ultimately, it is an opportunity to ...
Some states are more free than others
Valley Morning Star (Harlington, TX), March 9, 2009 If you expect state and local government to provide a life for you and your family, you live in the wrong place. If you think government should create a job for you, you’re in the wrong place. You should leave Colorado and ...
Class-Action Lawsuits Gone Wild
By itself, this isn’t such a big deal: A non-profit hospital system in upstate New York settles a class-action lawsuit brought by a couple of nurses for $1.25 million. Plaintiffs alleged that the hospitals conspired to artificially lower nurses’ wages. The Wall Street Journal reports that the settlement will be ...
Obama administration policies not American
Renew America (Washington, D.C.), March 9, 2009 Part 2–socialized medicine: The end of America as we know it? (See Part 1 — 2/9/09) The just-concluded health care “summit” at the White House was so much window dressing, giving the appearance of hearing from “all sides” before Barack Obama, this nation’s ...
U.S. can’t afford Obama’s plans or the taxes that go with them
The pork-laden “stimulus” bill that President Obama recently signed contained more than $100 billion in new government health-care spending. If the president and his congressional allies have their way, though, that’s just the beginning of a vast expansion of government funded health care. Two recent studies from the nonpartisan Congressional ...
Turning America into a Blue State; Bad Idea?
Some of the right-wing blogs I read are convinced that President Obama sincerely wants to destroy entrepreneurship in this country. This is nonsense. Obama loves entrepreneurship, but he would like to make a few changes to it. It’s the nature of the changes that worries me. If these changes worry ...
Prop 1A: Interview with economist Ben Zycher, who says the measure does not deliver on a promise of real spending reform
Ben Zycher, a senior fellow with the Pacific Research Institute, thoroughly reviewed the text of Proposition 1A before the voters this May, and was underwhelmed by alleged spending reforms, and critical of tax increases in the proposal. FR Publisher Jon Fleischman interviews noted economist Ben Zycher A few weeks ago, ...
Can the Obama Administration Spare Some Real Change?
The Obama administration is ushering in a new era of big government, higher taxes and more spending, to an extent that even supporters are worried. The tech-savvy president should consider recent suggestions from the technology and science sector, such as the idea that not all problems can be solved by ...
New Mexico’s economic freedom needs boost
Clovis News Journal (Freedom Communications, NM), March 5, 2009 Are you someone who values freedom above all else, including health, safety and welfare? If so, New Mexico has a ways to go to reach the top tier of states. A new study released by the Mercatus Center at George Mason ...
Unfair Pay Act Perpetuates Myths
An evil, greedy company deprived a hard-working woman of her full earnings, aided by a bad court ruling and an unfair outgoing president. The United States Congress heard the victim’s cry, and came riding to the rescue with the Fair Pay Act, the first bill signed by new president Barack ...
