IRA, Sen. Manchin and the Future of Drug Innovation
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal headlined “A Law That Isn’t Red or White—and Sure Isn’t Green,” Sen. Joe Manchin claims his...
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James Edwards
- May 30
- 3 min
Half a Loaf Reagan Would Have Taken
Is the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the vehicle for dealing with the federal debt limit and avoiding a fiscally irresponsible default by...
James Edwards
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
IRA’s Price Controls Make False Promises, Will Deliver All Too Real Socialist Results
Newly enacted government price controls aren’t even implemented yet, but they’re already having an effect. But instead of forcing down...
James Edwards
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
"Build Back Manchin" Is Inflationary Tax-and-Spend
From a property rights perspective, the Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill that Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer brokered turns out...
James Edwards
- Jul 19, 2022
- 3 min
A Closer Look at the Drug Pricing Scheme
Thanks to Sen. Joe Manchin, other politicians in his party have seen item after socialist item fall from the budget reconciliation...
James Edwards
- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
Biden’s Contributions to Rising Inflation
“. . . [T]he idea we’re going to be able . . . to click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline, is not likely in the near term, nor is...
James Edwards
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Grinches Stealing America’s Christmas
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are behaving a lot like the unrepentant Grinch Who Stole Christmas —...
James Edwards
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Wait for a CBO Reality Check on Budget Reconciliation
Voting on the budget reconciliation bill without having a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, which House Democrats are...
James Edwards
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
Failed Math of “Build Back Broker”
If you thought budget reconciliation — a falsely advertised $3.5 trillion but actually more like $5 trillion price tag...
James Edwards
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
U.S. Voters to Pols: Drop the Radicalism
It turns out the American people aren’t as generous with other people’s property or with their hard-earned tax dollars as some...
Tom DeWeese
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Why Property Rights Matter, Part 2: The Lost Definition of Private Property Rights
In the 1990s, an all-out assault on property rights was well underway, led by a radical environmental movement, resulting in massive...
James Edwards
- Aug 13, 2019
- 4 min
Leftist Threats to Property Rights
A free economy is a terrible thing to waste. That and the high standard of living, the time- and labor-saving advances, the dynamic...
James Edwards
- Mar 9, 2019
- 2 min
How’s a Wealth Tax ‘Progressive’?
With self-avowed congressional socialists adding a wealth tax to their wealth-transfer manifestos, here’s a look at what...
James Edwards
- Jan 28, 2019
- 2 min
Interesting, Taxing Times
The ancient Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times," turns out to be neither ancient nor Chinese. Nevertheless, it is hard to...
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