By Roger Pilon
E.J. Dionne was in high dudgeon at the Washington Post this morning over Citizens United, the Supreme Court’s January 2010 campaign finance decision that ever since has driven the Left into fits of apoplexy. Taking his cue from Obama’s infamous State-of-the-Union condemnation of the Court shortly after the decision came down, plus the class warfare [...]
E.J. Dionne on Campaign Finance as Class Warfare is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
In recent weeks, officials from two states have claimed that if they do not set up an ObamaCare health insurance “Exchange,” the state will lose federal Medicaid or State Children’s Health Insurance Program funds. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R), has since walked back that claim. New Hampshire Commissioner of Health and Human Services Nicholas Toumpas has [...]
Will States Lose Medicaid Funds If They Fail to Create an ObamaCare ‘Exchange’? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By John Samples
Those who advocate for more restrictions on campaign finance generally practice a populist politics. They fulminate against the influence of money, demonize donors, and ascribe all the nation’s problems to Citizens United. Once you have read an example such reformist rhetoric, you have read all of them. (But if you must read more, here’s E.J. [...]
As It Turns Out, Money Is Speech is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
…is that it overshadowed news that the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to repeal one of two new entitlement programs created by Obamacare—the ironically named CLASS Act—with a bipartisan three-fifths majority. (With numbers like that, Congress could even repeal Obamacare’s death panel!) But really, one private organization pulling funding for another private organization is way [...]
The Real Tragedy of the Komen/Planned Parenthood Flapdoodle is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
I’m sure that many of you are following the controversy over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation’s decision to suspend its partnership with and funding of Planned Parenthood. Two thoughts on this: First, this controversy provides a delightful contrast to the Obama administration’s decision to force all Americans to purchase contraceptives and subsidize [...]
Two Thoughts on Susan G. Komen & Planned Parenthood is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel J. Mitchell
On this day last year, I posted two charts that I developed using the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank’s interactive website. Those two charts showed that the current recovery was very weak compared to the boom of the early 1980s. But perhaps that was an unfair comparison. Maybe the Reagan recovery started strong and then hit [...]
One Year Later, Another Look at Obamanomics vs. Reaganomics is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By David Boaz
During the congressional redistricting season, you could almost get the idea that members of Congress look at the process this way: 1. I am entitled to be in Congress. 2. I need to figure out which constituents deserve to be represented by me. There have been lots of stories recently about members of Congress declaring [...]
Home Is Where the Congressional District Is is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Chris Edwards
Cato has published a new section on www.downsizinggovernment.org that examines the Department of the Interior. Interior is not one of the largest departments in terms of spending, but it has huge control over the lands and resources of the western United States. It oversees more than 500 million acres of land through the Bureau of [...]
Downsizing the Interior Department is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
As I write, the House is debating a bill that would repeal the CLASS Act, one of two new entitlements created under ObamaCare. It’s hard express just how awful this program is. Here’s my attempt from back in October, when the Obama administration admitted CLASS is a bust: The idea behind CLASS was that the [...]
‘The Problem with CLASS Is That It’s Voluntary.’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Jim Harper
Because all of us are with ourselves all day every day, we naturally tend to think that our own lives are pretty standard fare. But that’s just not so in a country of 300+ million people ranging over a vast expanse. So I found worthwhile this NPR story on people who don’t have IDs, people [...]
Photo ID Laws Mean Some Won’t Vote is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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