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Kamala Harris' Price Controls

Below is one of the latest cartoons from Michael Ramirez on Vice President Kamala Harris' price controls:…[more]

August 30, 2024 • 10:10 AM

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Drug Shortages Reach Record High Following Biden’s Price Controls
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, April 25 2024
Want to find a rare point of intellectual consensus amid our stubborn ideological divisions?   Just survey economists across the political spectrum on the merit of government price controls.   Economist Austan Goolsbee, the affable defender of Obama and Biden administration economic policies and now president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, offers a perfect example.  Asked in a 2022 survey of economists to opine on the effectiveness of price controls, Goolsbee responded dismissively, “Just stop.  Seriously.”   Price controls don’t…
 
Stop the 'Emergency Spending' Charade Already
This week, Congress moved closer to passing four separate bills with $95 billion in funding for Ukraine…
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Why Small Businesses Hate Bidenomics
If the economy is so good, why do small business leaders feel so bad? The latest Small Business Optimism…
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There's No Right to Sleep Outdoors
In a Supreme Court showdown Monday over whether the homeless have a "right" to camp in public…
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Groupthink Chorus Emerges at Trump Trial
Covering former President Donald Trump's trial on television is a difficult job. There are no cameras…
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CFIF Applauds Tennessee General Assembly for Passing Significant Certificate of Need (CON) Reform Legislation
CFIF stands ready and willing to work with lawmakers and stakeholders to address remaining CON regulations…
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The World Is Paying a Deadly Price for Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Legacy
If a belligerent state launched 185 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles…
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Unrestrained AI Threatens Americans’ News Access
Amid its other accumulating dysfunctions, artificial intelligence (AI) poses a new extinction-level threat…
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Tax Time Myths and Truths
Another Tax Day has come and gone, and most Americans believe they pay too much. One recent poll revealed…
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Growing Latino Support for Border Wall, Strict Enforcement
A new poll by Axios and Noticias Telemundo finds that 42% of Latino Americans support building a wall…
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Paying Top Dollar and Getting Bupkis
If you pay New York state taxes, you're paying top dollar and getting bupkis. Nothing in the budget deal…
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Notable Quote   
 
"It's been 23 years since America watched in horror as the Twin Towers fell on live TV.Nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists, hailing from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon, hijacked four planes and killed 2,977 of us, shaking the nation to its core.America was suddenly, brutally awoken to the menace of those who hate our country and what we stand for.Heroes stood up: Todd Beamer and…[more]
 
 
— New York Post Editorial Board
 
Liberty Poll   

Given perennial accusations, do you believe a foreign state actor (read "Russia") has the actual capability to significantly affect a U.S. national election?