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March 2nd, 2012 at 11:22 am
This Week’s Liberty Update
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This week’s edition of the Liberty Update, CFIF’s weekly e-newsletter, is out. Below is a summary of its contents:

Senik:  Obama’s “Cold Fusion” Presidency
Ellis:  The Critical ObamaCare Law the Supreme Court Won’t Decide This Term
Lee:  New Survey: 73% Favor Lower Corporate Taxes
Hillyer:  The Theme, Again, is Freedom

Podcast:  Where the Jobs Are – Interview w/CEI’s John Berlau
Jester’s Courtroom:  Bounced out of Court

Editorial Cartoons:  Latest Cartoons of Michael Ramirez
Quiz:  Question of the Week
Notable Quotes:  Quotes of the Week

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March 2nd, 2012 at 10:12 am
Podcast: Where the Jobs Are
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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.

Listen to the interview here.

February 29th, 2012 at 9:07 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Solar Powered Truth Dispenser
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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

February 27th, 2012 at 10:36 am
Ramirez Cartoon: How Electric Cars Work
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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

February 24th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Podcast: CEI’s Vincent Vernuccio Discussed State Right-to-Work Statutes
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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.

Listen to the interview here.

February 24th, 2012 at 8:36 am
Video: Obama’s Presidents Day Lesson
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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.

February 21st, 2012 at 8:59 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Why Gas Prices Are So High
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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

February 20th, 2012 at 11:11 am
THIS WEEK’s RADIO SHOW LINEUP: CFIF’s Renee Giachino Hosts “Your Turn” on WEBY Radio 1330 AM
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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.

February 17th, 2012 at 10:35 am
This Week’s Liberty Update
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This week’s edition of the Liberty Update, CFIF’s weekly e-newsletter, is out. Below is a summary of its contents:

Lee:  Second Amendment: Detroit Chaos Proves Once Again It’s No Anachronism
Senik:  Sticking it to the Littlest Guys: Obama Chooses Teacher Unions Over Inner-City Kids
Ellis:  Obama vs. Ryan Budgets: A Contrast of Visions
Hillyer:  Obama Team Hijacks Schools’ Core Standards

Podcast:  Time to Lower the Corporate Tax Rate – Interview w/RATE Coalition’s James Pinkerton
Jester’s Courtroom:  An Unhappy Valentine’s Day

Editorial Cartoons:  Latest Cartoons of Michael Ramirez
Quiz:  Question of the Week
Notable Quotes:  Quotes of the Week

If you are not already signed up to receive CFIF’s Liberty Update by e-mail, sign up here.

February 17th, 2012 at 8:53 am
Podcast: Time to Lower the Corporate Tax Rate
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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.

Listen to the interview here.

February 15th, 2012 at 8:01 am
Obama’s Budget: Among the Great Works of Pure Fantasy
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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

February 13th, 2012 at 8:55 am
Ramirez Cartoon – Senate Dems: Budget? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Budget
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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

February 10th, 2012 at 8:26 am
Video: Tax Reform to Put Americans Back to Work
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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.

February 10th, 2012 at 7:32 am
Podcast: The Budget or Bust Act
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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.

Listen to the interview here.

February 9th, 2012 at 8:13 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Obama’s Campaign Finance Hypocrisy
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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

February 6th, 2012 at 11:59 am
Ramirez Cartoon – WH: “We Must Stop Them…”
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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

February 3rd, 2012 at 11:00 am
This Week’s Liberty Update
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Center For Individual Freedom - Liberty Update

This week’s edition of the Liberty Update, CFIF’s weekly e-newsletter, is out. Below is a summary of its contents:

Hillyer:  Reagan 101
Ellis:  Direct-Pay Medicine: A Free Market Approach to Healthcare Reform
Lee:  Obama, Three Years Ago This Week: “If I Don’t Have This Turned Around in Three Years…”
Senik:  The “Republican Establishment” Rides Again
Release:  Conservative Leaders Call On President, Congress To Pass Corporate Tax Reform

Podcast:  The Consequences of Pres. Obama’s Refusal to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline
Jester’s Courtroom:  Lawyers Win Big in iLawsuit

Editorial Cartoons:  Latest Cartoons of Michael Ramirez
Quiz:  Question of the Week
Notable Quotes:  Quotes of the Week

If you are not already signed up to receive CFIF’s Liberty Update by e-mail, sign up here.

February 3rd, 2012 at 7:54 am
Podcast: The Consequences of Pres. Obama’s Refusal to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline
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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.

Listen to the interview here.

February 2nd, 2012 at 9:32 am
Ramirez Cartoon – Eric Holder Re: Lies
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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

January 31st, 2012 at 10:37 am
Ramirez Cartoon: The Obama Defense Policy
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Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez.

View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.