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March 31, 2025
On the Importance of President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’President Trump has deemed April 2 to be ‘Liberation Day’ for America. He is set to impose sweeping reciprocal tariffs on America’s trading partners, which are hoped to level the playing field between America’s free enterprise...
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June 1, 2020
The TRACE Act and the Rule of LawOn May 1, 2020, Democratic congressman Bobby Rush introduced bill H.R. 6666, otherwise known as the “Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone Act” (“TRACE Act”). Ostensibly, the TRACE Act will limit the spread of COVID-19...
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August 13, 2019
Illegal Immigration Hurts Black Workers MostOfficial estimates suggest that over 1 million people will illegally migrate into America in 2019. The Democrats welcome them with open arms -- they have even offered to give them "free" healthcare. In doing so they betray their mo...
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November 3, 2018
Immigrants Will Not Fund Our RetirementAsk Democrats why they support open borders, and they will invariably respond: "Because we need immigrants to pay for our pensions." This argument is a sham. The data are conclusive: immigration will not save America...
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August 5, 2018
Immigration Will Not Make America Great AgainAlthough the "progressive left" fetishizes open borders for its own sake, they nevertheless festoon their arguments with economic ornamentation in an attempt to convince fiscally-minded fence-sitters. Usually, their ploy fails. ...
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February 23, 2018
If Immigration Creates Wealth, Why Is California America's Poverty Capital?California used to be home to America's largest and most affluent middle class. Today, it is America's poverty capital. What went wrong? In a word: immigration. According to the U.S. Census Bureau'...
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January 18, 2018
Immigration Is Destroying the Welfare StateMany Democrats see their party as the working man's choice. They want to soften capitalism's rougher edges, humanize big industry, and give the average American a fighting chance. One may (and should) disagree with their...
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December 8, 2017
America's Farmers Don't Depend on Illegal ImmigrationLiberals frame the debate over illegal immigration as a dilemma: either America grants amnesty to aliens or the economy will collapse. Some even imply that Americans will starve to death because of higher food prices – who will pick Ameri...
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November 16, 2017
Why Lowering Taxes Is PointlessThe Republican's proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the archetypical tax reform bill: it lowers taxes but increases the Code's complexity. High taxes are bad, but a complex tax code is worse. America deserves better. T...
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October 20, 2017
There Can Be No Compromise on Immigration ReformOn October 8, the White House released a list of "Immigration Principles and Policies" that President Trump says "must be included" in any legislation legitimizing President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals execu...
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October 4, 2017
Illegal Immigration: An Economic Poison PillThe conversation surrounding illegal immigration is deeply personal for many people -- it is emotionally-charged and politically divisive. Debates often devolve into mud-slinging contests, and arguments morph into feigned outrage, even violent protes...
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September 26, 2017
Imposing Sanctions on Venezuela Will Only Make Things WorseThe Trump administration is considering imposing sanctions on Venezuela by blocking their oil from U.S. ports. Likewise, UN ambassador Nikki Haley criticized the regime of Nicolas Maduro, and confirmed that oil sanctions “are not off the table....
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September 23, 2017
Trump Must Keep His Promise: Repeal DACABoth the president and Congress are struggling to commit to a stable course of action regarding President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Do they scrap it or keep it? Although there are legitim...
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August 19, 2017
Chinese IP Theft Costs America Up to a Half-Trillion AnnuallyOn Monday, August 14, President Trump announced that he is authorizing a public inquiry into China's predatory trade regime. Specifically, he is empowering Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. Trade Representative, to investigate China's trade policie...
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August 4, 2017
Immigration Reform and the EconomyOn August 2, President Trump provoked another media meltdown by endorsing the RAISE Act, an immigration reform bill sponsored by senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue. If passed, the RAISE Act would cut legal immigration to America by up to fifty p...
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July 12, 2017
Wind and Solar Energy Are Dead EndsRenewable energy is the way of the future, we are told. It is inevitable. Some renewable energy advocates boldly claim that the world could be powered by renewable energy as early as 2030 – with enough government subsidies, that is....
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June 18, 2017
Switzerland's Carbon Capture Plant Is a Giant Waste of MoneyOn May 31, 2017 the world’s first commercial atmospheric carbon-capture plant opened for business in Hinwil, Switzerland. The plant, designed and operated by a Swiss company called Climeworks, is different from existing carbon-capture facili...
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May 21, 2017
Dear NEA: Art Is a Bad InvestmentDonald Trump's proposal to scrap federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has again put him in the cross-hairs of liberal ire. His opponents point out that arts funding...