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Cybersecurity Issues Threatening Us Today
31 October 2013
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, Executive Director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, discusses the dramatic increase in cyber activity targeting U.S. computers and systems and the potential impact a nuclear or natural electromagnetic pulse catastrophe could have on America.
How Federal Spending and Government Waste Impact Economic Growth
31 October 2013
Romina Boccia, Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Budgetary Affairs at The Heritage Foundation, discusses federal spending and debt, Social Security and the debt limit, and the proposed trade agreement between the United States and the European Union.
Excuses Won't Fix Problems with ObamaCare
25 October 2013
Troy Senik, CFIF Senior Fellow and Senior Editor at Ricochet, discusses the disastrous ObamaCare roll-out, lack of confidence that the system can be fixed and infighting in the GOP in the wake of the shutdown.
Legal Problems Lie Ahead for ObamaCare
25 October 2013
Sam Kazman, General Counsel of Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses the federal lawsuit challenging, among other things, the IRS's authority to distribute taxpayer subsidies under certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act, specifically in states that have opted not to create state exchanges.
Are Politicians Dumbing Down the Courts?
17 October 2013
John Lott, conservative economist and best selling author, discusses his latest book, "Dumbing Down the Courts: How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges Off the Bench," and why confirmations have been getting tougher for all federal judicial nominees.
ObamaCare's Threat to the Privacy of All Americans
17 October 2013
Dan Epstein, Executive Director of Cause of Action, discusses the risks Americans face in disclosing their personal medical and financial information on the ObamaCare exchanges and the risk of waste, fraud and abuse of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars states are receiving to run their exchanges.
Preview of the U.S. Supreme Court October 2013 Term
14 October 2013
Megan Brown, Partner at Wiley Rein LLP, discusses the Supreme Court's new term and reviews the extraordinary series of cases on consequential constitutional issues, including affirmative action, campaign finance, the First Amendment, criminal law and environmental law.
Standoff Over Government Shutdown Continues
14 October 2013
CFIF's Drew Johnson, also a Senior Scholar for the Taxpayer Protection Alliance, discusses the sensationalization of the government shutdown, the closing of private concessionaires on federal lands, and stupid ways the government wastes money.
ObamaCare Is Unworkable
04 October 2013
Christine Harbin-Hanson, Federal Affairs Manager for Americans for Prosperity (AFP), discusses efforts to repeal, defund and delay ObamaCare, including AFP's "Exempt Me Too" project, and how Members of Congress rank on their votes for economic freedom.
Americans' Lack of Trust in Government Competence
27 September 2013
CFIF's Timothy Lee discusses how Americans' collective trust in government has dropped to record lows in terms of both foreign and domestic affairs and what lies ahead with the budget talks in Congress.
U.S-European Union Trade Agreement Talks: What's on the Table
27 September 2013
Fran Smith, Board Member and Adjunct Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses trade agreement negotiations between the U.S. and European Union, the role of the International Consumers for Civil Society, and the FARRM Act.
ObamaCare's Costs Driving Large Employers to Cut Benefits
20 September 2013
Sally Pipes, President and CEO and Taube Fellow in Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses the proposed October 1 commencement of ObamaCare's health insurance exchanges and how increased medical costs and other costs associated with the Affordable Care Act have forced large corporate and university employers to cut health coverage benefits.
Problems Resulting from Federal Land Acquisition
20 September 2013
Robert J. ("RJ") Smith, Distinguished Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Energy and Environment, discusses how the federal government's continuous acquisition of land across America undermines conscientious private stewardship of land, waters, and other resources and contributes to forests becoming overgrown and filled with trees, resulting in catastrophic wildfires.
Executive Power and Syria
13 September 2013
Captain Glenn Sulmasy, Fellow for Homeland and National Security Law at the Center for National Policy, discusses whether President Obama has the constitutional authority to strike Syria without Congressional approval, the chances of an escalation of hostilities in Syria if America does strike, and Russia's latest proposal regarding Syria's chemical weapons.
Congress Needs to Lead By Example
13 September 2013
Pete Sepp, Executive Vice President of the National Taxpayers Union, discusses ten "No-Brainer" bills that Congress could easily pass to help ease their burden and regain some of the faith of their fellow Americans when they return from summer vacation.
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