Elizabeth Warren doubles down on authoritarian economic policy
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s crusade against the private sector continues apace, with a new proposal to give the federal government the power to block and break-up mergers without first…
More reasons to sink the Jones Act
For politicians looking at new and innovative ways to both combat high gas prices and lower inflation (while doing a solid for infrastructure and the environment, too), they should take…
Progressives embrace rule by decree rather than Congress
Worried that their programs and policies to transform America into a progressive paradise are going nowhere, fast, some congressional Democrats are asking Joe Biden to pick up his pen, and…
Politicians’ answer to high gas prices: send voters checks
High gasoline prices have a tendency to make politicians worried about their re-election chances do the darndest things. Consider the wave of pols who think the best way to help…
How tariffs make us poorer: chicken and truck edition
The tariffs governments impose on imported goods are really taxes on consumers. That’s never how they are sold to the public of course. In that telling, tariffs are to protect…
What’s holding back America’s domestic energy producers
A recurring question about how to fight rising gas prices is why on earth America’s shale oil producers aren’t working at top speed to meet demand. As Paul Tice writes…
GAO report looks at emerging issues confronting U.S.
The Government Accountability Office has issued a new report looking at a dozen issues and trends that could affect the nation in the next four years. Among the topics: how…
Tax holidays, even for gasoline, are bad public policy
Many states stage what they call “tax holidays” in which they temporarily stop collecting a certain tax – usually a sales tax – and pass on the “savings” to residents….
The FDA is about to get a lesson in how prohibition fails
The FDA is quickly getting back to normal now that it appears the worst of the coronavirus waves have passed. And by getting back to normal, we mean plunging headlong…
Blaming all the wrong things for inflation’s rise
The Biden administration’s search for an inflation scapegoat has taken a number of turns as the data have continued to worsen. The most recent inflationary cause: Vladimir Putin, who is…
