In an interview with CFIF, John Berlau, director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses his recent testimony at a hearing entitled “Where the Jobs Are” before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, and how Congress can eliminate barriers to job growth by reducing regulations that harm young firms.
In an interview with CFIF, Vincent Vernuccio, Labor Policy Counsel at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses Indiana’s passage of a right-to-work law that prohibits labor contracts that force workers to pay for union representation, and the impact of such statutes on jobs and the economy.
In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino honored Presidents Day by humbly submitting a few pearls of presidential wisdom for our current Commander-in-Chief from the presidents who came before him.
Join CFIF Corporate Counsel and Senior Vice President Renee Giachino today from 4:00 p.m. CST to 6:00 p.m. CST (that’s 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST) on Northwest Florida’s 1330 AM WEBY, as she hosts her radio show, “Your Turn: Meeting Nonsense with Commonsense.” Today’s guest lineup includes:
4:00 (CST)/5:00 pm (EST): Kathleen Porter-Magee, Senior Director at Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Education: The State of State Standards;
4:30 (CST)/5:30 pm (EST): Pete Sepp, Executive Vice President at National Taxpayers Union, Will Obama’s Budget Leave America in Permanent Fiscal Crisis?;
5:00 (CST)/6:00 pm (EST): Phil Kerpen, Vice President for Policy at Americans for Prosperity, “Democracy Denied: How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America — and How to Stop Him”; and
5:30 (CST)/6:30 pm (EST): John Berlau, Director, Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs at Competitive Enterprise Institute, Where the Jobs Are
Listen live on the Internet here. Call in to share your comments or ask questions of today’s guests at (850) 623-1330.
In an interview with CFIF, James Pinkerton, co-chair of RATE (Reforming America’s Taxes Equitably), Fox News contributor and former White House domestic policy adviser, discusses the need to lower the U.S. corporate tax rate to enable American companies to compete in the global marketplace and jumpstart U.S. economic and job growth.
In this week’s Freedom Minute, CFIF’s Renee Giachino discusses the dire need for meaningful tax reform – including lowering and simplifying the corporate tax rate – to make the U.S. more competitive in the global economy and put Americans back to work.
In an interview with CFIF, Congressman Paul Broun, M.D. (R-GA) discusses legislation he recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives — H.R. 3883, the Budget or Bust Act — that would help force Congress to pass an annual budget by withholding Members’ salaries hostage in an escrow account until a budget is passed.
CFIF Contributing Editor Ashton Ellis discusses how President Obama’s decision to block the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline will cost Americans roughly 20,000 new jobs and 700,000 barrels of oil a day, and how the decision ultimately could benefit China at the expense of the U.S.