Posted by The Foundry on May 6th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as cap and trade, epa, medicare, social security, taxes
Some proponents of comprehensive immigration reform (including amnesty) are trying to find support for their position in Heritage Foundation papers from long ago. In the first paper they point to, from March 2006, Heritage rejected amnesty but also considered the economic effects of immigration. Since that time, there are two major differences to consider. First…
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Posted by The Foundry on March 4th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as california, cap and trade, global warming
The average price of a new car in 2012 was $30,500. Wondering why? One contributing factor is the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. All models from a single manufacturer must reach an average of 35.3 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2016 and 54.5 mpg by 2025. The current … More
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Posted by The Foundry on January 11th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as cap and trade, epa
Lisa Jackson will retire from her position as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this month as the most prolific regulator of her class of Obama administrators. This is not a distinction to be coveted. Under Jackson’s leadership, the EPA has issued 1,824 regulations. For context, the Department of … More
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Posted by The Foundry on January 11th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as cap and trade, epa
Lisa Jackson will retire from her position as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this month as the most prolific regulator of her class of Obama administrators. This is not a distinction to be coveted. Under Jackson’s leadership, the EPA has issued 1,824 regulations. For context, the Department of … More
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Posted by The Foundry on January 8th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as cap and trade, epa, georgia
The skin continues to come off the cat. President Obama’s wish of a cap-and-trade plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would have bankrupted the coal industry, but the legislation failed to make it through the Senate. The frustrated President then said that cap and trade was only one way of … More
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Posted by The Foundry on December 26th, 2012 | Categorized as Economy, Network Posts | Tagged as cap and trade, epa, global warming, hawaii, politics
Ever since the Senate rejected President Obama’s cap-and-trade scheme in 2009, his administration has been hard at work to find other ways to implement a radical, environmentalist agenda. Obama made these intentions clear at a press conference in 2010 when he explained, “Cap and trade was just one way of … More
Posted by The Foundry on January 24th, 2012 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as afghanistan, alaska, california, cap and trade, constitution, deficit, epa, federal spending, first amendment, george bush, inflation, iraq, medicaid, medicare, mexico, national security, north dakota, politics, republic, social security, sotu, sovereignty, state of the union, taxes, united nations
Before the Speech Begins – Emily Goff: Previewing tonight’s speech this past weekend, Mr. Obama said: “We can go in two directions. One is towards less opportunity and less fairness. Or we can fight for…building an economy that works for everyone, not just a wealthy few.” The President must not understand that an economy based on free-enterprise with limited government involvement will, in fact, work for and benefit more than just the wealthy. His administration’s idea of an economy that works involves imposing heavy-handed government regulations and threatening tax increases at … More
Posted by The Foundry on October 26th, 2011 | Categorized as Economy, Network Posts | Tagged as afghanistan, bailouts, bill of rights, cap and trade, constitution, deficit, epa, federal reserve, federal spending, first amendment, freedom of speech, google, healthcare, iraq, jobs, medicaid, medicare, new york, politics, supreme court, taxes
Protesters set up camp in New York City more than a month ago and have spread to other cities around the country, prompting many Americans to ask: What exactly do they want? The decentralized nature of the protests makes official demands difficult to come by, but the movement has released a number of positions that are fairly representative of the left-wing, anti-capitalist tenor of the protests. We decided to examine one such list of demands, and to give readers a sense of the conservative approach on the varied goals of … More
Posted by The Foundry on October 7th, 2011 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as cap and trade, epa, politics, republic
Democrats determined to shield the administration from accusations of political cronyism are unwittingly undermining the larger policy vision that they themselves have supported, and the president has championed: the so-called “green energy economy.” Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Diana Degette (D-CO), ranking Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its investigative sub-panel, respectively, have released a trove of emails between administration officials regarding their support and financing for bankrupt solar company Solyndra. Their goal is to counter Republican suggestions that Solyndra received favorable treatment due to its investors’ political contributions. But in doing so, … More
Posted by The Foundry on October 5th, 2011 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as cap and trade, epa, president bush, taxes
Instead of the intellectual vandalism that typifies too much of Paul Krugman’s writing, it would be more useful if he returned to writing about economics…with facts. In a recent column he says: So if you really believed in the logic of free markets, you’d be all in favor of pollution taxes, right? Hahahahaha. Today’s American right doesn’t believe in externalities, or correcting market failures; it believes that there are no market failures, that capitalism unregulated is always right. What evidence does he use to support this cynicism? Krugman points to … More