By Daniel J. Mitchell
I sometimes wonder whether journalists have the slightest idea of how capitalism works. In recent weeks, we’ve seen breathless reporting on the $2 billion loss at JP Morgan Chase, and now there’s a big kerfuffle about the falling value of Facebook stock. In response to these supposed scandals, there are all sorts of articles being [...]
In the Lake Wobegon Fantasy World, All Investments Make Money is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Ilya Shapiro
The collusion between big business and big government that fleeces the rest of us has struck again — Tim Carney, iMessage your office – this time in the sports world. Minnesota governor Mark Dayton recently signed the midnight deal that state lawmakers struck with the owners of the state’s football team, the Minnesota Vikings, to build the team [...]
Public Financing of Vikings Stadium a Bad Deal for Fans, Taxpayers is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel J. Mitchell
Over the years, I’ve strenuously objected to schemes that would enable international bureaucracies to levy taxes. That’s why I’ve criticized “direct funding” proposals, most of which seem to emanate from the United Nations. A scheme to let the United Nations tax services such as air travel. A proposal, pushed by George Soros and other statists, [...]
Should International Bureaucracies Get Taxing Powers or Direct Funding? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Roger Pilon
Today POLITICO Arena asks:
Should Dems stop Bain Capital attacks?
My response:
Should Dems stop Bain Capital attacks? Absolutely not, not when they illustrate the utter ignorance of those who make them about …
Flimflammery at the Top is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Ilya Shapiro
On May 11, the Department of Health & Human Services finalized rules requiring insurers to tell any of their customers who get premium rebates this summer that the windfall comes …
Obamacare’s Constitutional Defects, First Amendment Division is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
Here’s a poor, unsuccessful letter I sent to the editor of the Washington Post:
“GOP stalls on insurance marketplaces” [May 12] reports that “the conservative firm Leavitt Partners…is working with a …
How to Recognize a Government Contractor, or a Federal Takeover is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel J. Mitchell
One of the big stories from Washington is that there may be another fight over the debt limit, which could mean…gasp, hide the women and children…gridlock, downgrades, government shutdown, default, …
Another ‘Government Shutdown’ Fight in Washington’s Future is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
Here’s a poor, unsuccessful letter I sent to the editor of Politico:
An item in Politico’s health care newsletter Pulse [“Today: Christie Vetoes Exchange Or Else,” May 10] told readers that, …
Repeat after Me: There Is No Health Reform but ObamaCare is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
Here’s a poor, unsuccessful letter I sent to the editor of the New York Times:
When Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) created a new ObamaCare “exchange” by executive order, it was indeed …
By Edict of King Andrew, New York Employers Will Be Subject to ObamaCare’s Employer Mandate is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Roger Pilon
Demonstrating once again that it’s nothing if not the voice of the capital’s establishment, the Washington Post this morning opened its Sunday “Outlook” section with yet another major piece by …
Getting Serious about Fixing Washington is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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