On March 1, 2009, a “green” company owned by a hedge fund hired former Rep. Matt Salmon as a lobbyist.  MileageMatrix attempted to promote the use of its products by hiring top political operatives to go to Washington and advocate for “improving the energy …

FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE A Panel Discussion: OBAMACARE Phoenix, AZ – On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Arizona Mainstream Project (AMP) will bring to the public a panel discussion on Obamacare.  Speaking on this panel will be Goldwater Institute’s Senior Attorney Diane Cohen and Director – Center for Economic Prosperity Byron Schlomach, Dr. Jeff Singer, and [...]

If President Obama’s past addresses are any indication, this year’s State of the Union will sound like a broken record in more ways than one.  In all three previous addresses President Obama has delivered, he has called for more of the same failed policies that …

This chart tells the tale:

While the average corporate tax rate falls in otehr countries, ours remains the highest in the world. A recent study from the OECD indicates how damaging this is to growth:

This paper investigates the design of tax structures to …

The more I learn, the more I realize how little difference there is, in terms of real substance, between conservatives and libertarians. Yes, there are a few areas of substantive differences in some areas of policy, but these are primarily the outliers. On core issues, …

In the previous post, I wrote the following:

Most on the American left would not like to live in a country like North Korea any more than any other sane person would. And needless to say, we’re not like North Korea and never …

When a boxing ref says, “Now I want a good, clean fight” there are usually a lot of people watching to make sure it happens. Generally, they are able to hold the fighters and refs accountable if it doesn’t happen.

Unions, on the other hand, don’t …