Some Quick Wednesday Hits

by Jon Caldara | 2:48 pm, February 8, 2012

I remarked the other day that Amy Oliver and Michael Sandoval of our Energy Policy Center have been doing some fantastic work lately. Not sure why energy policy doesn’t get as much play as other policy areas but I certainly think energy is sexy. Their latest article scrutinizes the Obama administration’s love affair with China. [...]

3 Bills a Result of Our Citizens’ Budget Project

by Jon Caldara | 2:06 pm, February 7, 2012

When we embarked on our Citizens’ Budget project two years ago, we wanted it to be a big deal. It had to be, it was an enormous undertaking. We wanted to leave no stone unturned in our quest for a fiscally sound Colorado state budget. The project ended up requiring months of time from our [...]

Oklahoma’s Constitutional Amendment Would Pit Taxpayers Against Unions

by Bob Adelmann | 12:13 pm, February 7, 2012

It takes courage to stand up against the onslaught. I hope this young man from Oklahoma knows what’s coming and is ready for it.

Obama’s Energy Policy, 2012 Energy Legislation Preview

by Jon Caldara | 12:05 pm, February 6, 2012

“Hey Jon, what’s going on with energy policy these days?
Oh hey there! I’m glad you asked. Our Energy Policy Center director Amy Oliver has been hitting the energy and environment issues hard lately. You should take a look at our Energy Policy Center’s webpage to stay on top of Amy and Michael Sandoval’s work. For [...]

Rich Americans Are Fleeing the Country

by Bob Adelmann | 5:22 am, February 5, 2012

Money doesn’t necessarily buy freedom. Rich Americans are discovering how difficult, and expensive, it is to leave the land of the free.

CBO Report: U.S. Deficits “Unsupportable”

by Bob Adelmann | 12:44 pm, February 3, 2012

The Congressional Budget Office has been accused of fudging the numbers. However, these numbers are so bad they don’t can’t be fudged.

AFP Takes on Green Monkey Wrenches

by Jon Caldara | 1:39 pm, February 2, 2012

Our good friends over at Americans for Prosperity (AFP) have a great new project called Monkey Wrenching America. I encourage you to check it out, as it’s the first effort I’ve seen focused entirely on exposing the professional “green” energy agenda. Many groups are taking up the cause of free markets in energy. AFP however [...]

Obama’s State of the Union: You’re just part of his “blueprint”

by Brian T. Schwartz | 10:41 pm, January 31, 2012

This originally was published in the Boulder Daily Camera on Saturday, January 28, 2012. For refutations of the President’s flawed claims and statist economic plans, see the Cato Institute‘s website, blog, and YouTube channel.  Regarding Obama’s “Buffett tax” on millionaires, … Continue reading →

Regime Uncertainty, Regulatory Surge, and Unemployment Numbers

by Bob Adelmann | 5:15 am, January 24, 2012

The cheerleaders for the economy may have a hidden agenda: to make the economy look better than it is in order to make Obama look better than he is.

Constitutional Authority House Rule XII Largely Ignored

by Bob Adelmann | 6:02 am, January 20, 2012

Perhaps I’m getting cynical in my old age but this was worthless from the start. How ridiculous even to think that limits would be honored when they are written by the very people who intended to ignore them.

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