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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) delivered a speech on the Senate floor last week shortly before the chamber voted on the omnibus spending bill that more than doubled the number H-2B visas that can be issued for the remainder of the fiscal year. Sen. Cotton, who has introduced legislation that would cut permanent, legal immigration in […]
Congress is about to pass a budget. I call it a “Paul Ryan Special.” This budget lets the government spend money for four months. It expires in September. The budget is horrible. Republicans are spinning a few “wins” in the budget, but that’s a terrible argument. It’s like telling a terminal cancer patient, “but your […]
By Robert Rector and Jamie Bryan Hall | Heritage Foundation Based on a recent study by the National Academy of Sciences, it is possible to project the fiscal costs of granting amnesty or earned citizenship to illegal immigrants. Granting amnesty would allow today’s illegal immigrants to gain access to an array of benefit programs (Social Security, […]
The voters sent a clear message on Election Day to reform government and drain the swamp, but some in Washington D.C. didn’t get the message. While few were watching, on September 21, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), an ally of Las Vegas Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, filed a bill in the senate that is almost identical […]
Any time you have to purchase a product and you can only get it from a particular seller, you can expect to pay a high price for it. This was traditionally the way consumers purchased contact lenses. After an eye examination, and prescription for contact lenses, a consumer would have to get them from the […]
Michael Snyder Can Donald Trump turn the U.S. economy around? This week Trump unveiled details of his new economic plan, and the mainstream mediais having a field day criticizing it. But the truth is that we simply cannot afford to stay on the same path that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and the Democrats have us […]
While some consumers purchase contact lenses from their eye doctor that prescribes them, many will also choose to obtain their lenses from other vendors that will fill their prescriptions, often for considerable savings in price over that charged at the eye doctor’s office. Seeing a loss in revenue, industry groups representing eye doctors are supporting […]
Seton Motley | Less Government This article was first published on Red State The federal government spends per annum – nearly four TRILLION dollars. Numerically, that’s: $4,000,000,000,000. The entire United States economy – the output of every single man, woman and child in the 300+ million U.S. population – is $18 trillion. That means a […]
Michael Snyder | End of the American Dream If you want Donald Trump to win the election, then you should be rooting for a stock market crash between now and November. As you will see below, if stocks go up during the last three months before an election, the incumbent party almost always keeps the […]
At a time when a third of the developing world lacks access to medicine considered “essential” by the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN should be taking any actions but those that might further limit access to those drugs. A recent decision by a UN panel will further inhibit effort to expand access to needed […]
Congressional Republicans, lead by Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), have taken a strong stand for consumers by pushing for the repeal of the Durbin Amendment. Enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations bill in 2010, this amendment proposed by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) capped the fees charged to merchants for customers using debit cards. Supporters […]
American Culture & Faith Institute Befitting their conservative outlook on the current political reality, the nation’s SAGE Cons – the 30 million spiritually active, governance engaged Christian conservatives – undeniably resent the federal government’s over-regulation of the nation’s businesses. They also lament the fact that most of the jobs being created in the nation are […]