I Guess We Are the 1%

by Joshua Sharf | 5:24 pm, July 24, 2012

This afternoon’s mail brought a letter from UnitedHealthcare, my insurance company from a previous job. “They never write you to say they’re giving you back money,” said Susie. Surprise. The Affordable (sic) Care Act requires UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company to rebate part of the premiums it received if it does not spend at least 80 percent [...]

Russian Weapons Law: Admit it, You’re Curious

by Jon Caldara | 3:57 pm, June 12, 2012

Put down your Dostoyevsky novel and your vodka glass because we’ve got the Issue Paper for you. If you’ve ever wondered about weapons law in Russia, look no further than this Independence Institute Issue Paper titled, “Weapons Laws of the Russian Federation.” If there’s a small space in your heart for the finer things in [...]

Health Care Plan Rebates Have Hidden Costs

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, June 12, 2012

“Although health insurers will pay some rebates this year, the cash should be treated as a short-term benefit with a long-term cost. Rebates will likely disappear in the future as the companies become more familiar with the regulation and learn how to game it.” Continue reading →

Health Care, Religion, Government, and The Left – Part II

by Joshua Sharf | 1:54 pm, May 23, 2012

Last night, I posted some audio of lawyers at a loss for words at a panel discussion on religion and government.  This morning, I’d like to post another clip from the Q&A, one that I think is particularly revealing about the left’s attitude towards religious liberty.  The commenter is Ed Kahn, the lawyer for the [...]

EPA “Doesn’t Live In The Energy World”

by Joshua Sharf | 1:20 pm, May 14, 2012

In a recent hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, EPA administrator Gina McCarthy said under questioning by U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Committee Chairman Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., that her agency – despite issuing regulations that will have a profound affect on electricity production in the United States – “doesn’t live in [...]

Colorado Continues Slide Down Rankings

by Jon Caldara | 11:53 am, May 1, 2012

Each year for the past five years, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has produced an informative bit of research called, “Rich States, Poor States.” In it, an all-star cast of authors (Art Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Jonathan Williams) pore through financial data, fiscal policy, regulatory policy, debt ratios, labor policy,  legislation and more to [...]

Become more like California? Are you serious?

by David K. Williams, Jr. | 11:46 am, April 1, 2012

Freelance writer Erich Bussian posits one of the most out-of-touch, ridiculous and sanctimonious columns in, well, at least a couple of days. (See “Still taking cues from California.”)I hereby nominate this sentence, apparently written without any sens…

Chronicles of Crony Capitalism

by Joshua Sharf | 3:08 pm, February 23, 2012

So far, the LightSquared story has mostly been written as one of the FCC favoring a politically-connected company at the expense of its competition, and that favoritism having resulted in nothing but waste.  See, for example, today’s Coffee and Markets podcast on the subject. Their related links (Documents: LightSquared shaping up as the FCC’s Solyndra [...]

You Can’t Be Pro-Poor and Pro-Green

by Jon Caldara | 1:52 pm, November 22, 2011

In her newest article for Townhall.com, Amy Oliver asks an important question: can you be an advocate for the poor AND for “green” energy simultaneously? Her answer is: absolutely not.
Poverty rates have been rising over the last decade. Even in states like ours that claim to be renewable energy meccas.
…Colorado, home of the New Energy [...]

Efficiency Without Regulation

by Joshua Sharf | 10:39 am, October 27, 2011

As many of you know, I’m completing a year’s sojourn here in Omaha, the midwestern town with a decidedly western sensibility. (Don’t believe me? Check out the River City Rodeo sometime.) I’ve been doing web development for Werner Enterprises, one of the country’s larger trucking firms, but having dabbled in finance, I also always take [...]

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