Thomas Schaller explores the disconnect between the GOP and Latino voters in his article on Salon.com, “GOP’s Latino problem gets worse.” Schaller notes that the Obama campaign enjoyed substantial support from Hispanic voters in the 2008 Presidential Election, and even carried the majority of the Cuban-American vote. Cuban-Americans are often thought of as a more … Continue reading
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Global Entrepreneurship at 30% Capacity?
On Thursday, January 5th, the rankings and numbers for the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) were revealed at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation and George Mason University. Here are the results and GEDI scores United States 0.60 Sweden 0.57 Australia 0.56 Iceland 0.55 Denmark 0.55 Canada 0.54 Switzerland 0.54 Belgium 0.50 Norway … Continue reading
Can conservatives gain ground in inequality debate?
Alan Krueger, chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, spoke at the Center for American Progress on the rise and consequences of income inequality in the United States.[1] His remedy, unsurprisingly, boils down to continued government spending and higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Still, conservatives should not overlook the issue he is discussing. … Continue reading
Moderator Dereliction
During nearly four hours of debate over a single weekend, neither NBC’s David Gregory nor ABC’s George Stephonpoplis (former democratic operative) managed to ask about educational policy. Instead, an excessive amount of time was dedicated to discussing social issues and fielding hypothetical questions bordering on the bizarre. One of the more perplexing lines of … Continue reading
IRS Workers Feeling Overtaxed
By Logan Albright Well, it’s finally happened. The tax code has become so arcane that even the IRS can no longer keep up with it. An article released Wednesday on Politico reports that the IRS is struggling to stay on top of an ever increasing workload—the result of a constantly changing and expanding tax code … Continue reading
Americans still lack confidence in economy & government
Gallup reported today that 66 percent of Americans cited some economic issue as the most important problem facing our country today.[1]Only 8 percent said the federal budget deficit or federal debt. Yet, these two issues are intrinsically linked. Exit polls in New Hampshire’s Republican primary yesterday showed that 6 in 10 voters viewed the economy … Continue reading
EPA’s Climate Change System — Pointing the Finger Without All the Data?
At noon today, the EPA unveiled major greenhouse gas data in the “Release and Demonstration of the U.S. EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program’s Data Publication Tool” Webinar. The webinar lasted for just about 30 minutes, and illustrated the comprehensive new system the EPA is utilizing to illustrate greenhouse gas emission sites to the general public. … Continue reading
Honesty, Party Division and Firing People
By Logan Albright It’s understandable why the Republican field is jumping on every opportunity to attack Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts Governor has been the odds on favorite to be the Republican nominee since the beginning of his campaign, and with his narrow victory in Iowa and his impressive poll numbers in New Hampshire and … Continue reading
Tax the Rich! (or suggest they give)
One of the most heated debates in modern American politics centers on the budget. How much, and to which projects, money is spent is one thing. Where that money comes from is another. Running a country without resource limits would be easy. However, we know that this is not the case; most people are averse … Continue reading
Everyday Low Prices…for Pharmaceuticals
Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee held a hearing on the proposed Express Scripts/Medco merger. The merger would unite two of the largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in the nation, giving them 40 percent of the market share. PBMs are the middlemen of the pharmaceutical industry which negotiate drug … Continue reading
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