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Tax Our Way Out?
I’ve blogged about Medicaid’s unfunded liability of $38 trillion. How will America pay for that, and our other out-of-control spending? Government could cut spending, but that’s not likely. They may try to inflate its way out of debt – a hidden tax on everyone... continue reading »
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Whose Body Is It?
On my Fox Business program this week (Thursday 8pm & 11pm ET), we'll ask the question, "Who owns your body?" People like the FDA. It makes them feel safe and protected. No one wants unscrupulous snake oil salesmen selling us poison. But in this week's show and syndicated column, I point out that there are risks both ways... continue reading »
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Free Golf Carts! (III)
For my first show, thanks to idiotic “green” tax credits, I was able to get a free golf cart. Totally free. It was because of a bill Charles Rangel sposored, the "Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008". The credit was so big, it covered the full price of the cart... continue reading »
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Waiting for Gore
This week’s episode of Stossel (plug) will be on the energy “crisis”. Will windmills make us energy independent? I doubt it. I don’t even think that energy independence is necessary. But Al Gore, T. Boone Pickens, and most Americans think it is. Pickens will be a guest on the show. Gore will not, unless he changes his mind and calls the special green phone I created for him. I doubt that he will. Gore likes to talk... continue reading »
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Atlas Shrugged - Tonight at 8pm ET / 5pm PT
Reminder: Tonight, we finally air an hour on Atlas Shrugged at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. You can still vote on our poll question, who is today's Wesley Mouch?
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Senator Reid’s Slavery Comment
Accusing someone of being a racist is typically a last desperate measure when someone has lost an argument... continue reading »- TAGS
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Stossel on Cavuto / Bulls & Bears at 4
Today, I’m going to be on Your World with Neil Cavuto at 4:20 on Fox News to talk about President Obama’s push to use union labor for big federal projects. At 4:40, I stop by Bulls & Bears on Fox Business to talk about why so many states have found themselves in a continue reading »
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Climate McCarthyism
I've been following the hysterical reaction of the Global Warming Church towards the authors of continue reading »
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Chamber of Crony Capitalism
Unsatisfied by wasting $3 Billion on the Cash-for-Clunkers program, today the Senate approved more economic "adrenaline shots", extending unemployment benefits, extending a popular new home buyer tax credit and expanding the tax credit for people who already own homes... continue reading »
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Obama's "Tort Reform"
In his speech on Wednesday night, President Obama paid brief lip service to tort reform. Many in Congress cheered. But Kim Strassel suggests that that lip service is all we’re ever going to get: Tort reform is a policy no-brainer... continue reading »
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