By Johnny Kampis, Taxpayers’ Protection Alliance The broadband taxpayer money doled out by the CARES Act is intended for unserved, rather than underserved areas. But, plans created by governments that will dole out the money and those providers who will receive them, raise concerns that funds will truly go to those who need them […]
Month: August 2020
European Voices Beginning to Side with US on Important Trade Issues
By George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom European businesses who are paying the economic price for the European Union’s illegal subsidies to Airbus are now siding with the US and its attempt to resolve the EU’s illegal launch aid to Airbus. Because of more than a decade of flagrant and illegal subsidies the EU has […]
Could Trump Executive Order Eliminate AARP’s Sweetheart Deal?
By Nathan Williamson via Issues & Insights While President Donald Trump admits his announced executive order on pre-existing conditions amounts to “signaling,” behind the scenes, some conservatives are urging the administration to explore the possibility of going one step further by eliminating a crony Obama-era giveaway to AARP. For context, look to the unholy alliance […]
Biden-Harris Ticket Risks Repeating Solyndra
By Oliver McPherson-Smith, American Consumer Institute With Senator Kamala Harris now on the ticket, Democratic nominee Joe Biden is angling to enhance his environmental credentials ahead of the November presidential election. The Biden campaign’s ambitious clean energy plan plays no small role in this ongoing effort. But in an unfortunate coincidence, in recent weeks […]
What will EU-UK financial access look like?
“EU-UK financial market access from 2020-2021” By Karel Lannoo, courtesy of Centre for European Policy Studies Amid the uncertainty of EU-UK negotiations, financial market access is sure to be marked by more friction.[1] As the end of the transition period approaches, both sides are diverging, which indicates that financial services trade across the Channel […]
U.S. tech power grab is self-defeating
“A Self-Destructive War on Chinese Software” By Julian Sanchez, courtesy of the Cato Institute Donald Trump has made good on his threats against Chinese‐owned tech companies, issuing executive orders that aim to effectively ban not only the popular video sharing app and platform TikTok, but also the Chinese‐owned messaging app WeChat as of September 20. The former is a platform for […]
Repealing CON Laws Saves Lives
By Sriparna Ghosh, Agnitra Roy Choudhury, and Alicia Plemmons, courtesy of the Mercatus Center Imagine you have respiratory distress from an underlying non-COVID illness and are taken to the hospital. This hospital is subject to certificate-of-need (CON) laws, which means that there are government-imposed limitations on the number of CT scanners, respirators, and many […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Charter Schools Blazing Trails
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor August in Washington. As we eagerly wait for Congress to go on recess — they can do much less harm at home campaigning than they can do here legislating — Free Market policy people are working to offer better perspectives and policy options for the problems of the […]
Biden Yearns for Great Depression Days with Punitive Tax and Regulation Plan
By Peter J. Ferrara, Heartland Institute Democrat Presidential nominee Joe Biden has already said the first thing he is going to do if elected President is “repeal those Trump Tax Cuts.” He means specifically that he would repeal the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Biden’s plan would involve a tax increase of […]
The Nasty Impacts Of Minimum Wage Hikes
By Kerry Jackson, Pacific Research Institute Just as he rejected pleas to suspend the execrable Assembly Bill 5 to ease the financial squeeze caused by the pandemic lockdowns, Gov. Gavin Newsom has declined to put off the state’s coming minimum-wage hike. The small businesses that worked hard enough to survive 2020’s downturn might be broken […]