by Brian Garst | Nov 10, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Energy
Senate Democrats are on a green energy blitz, reports Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller: Sens. Tom Udall of New Mexico and Mark Udall of Colorado introduced a bill last week that would require that 25 percent of the country’s power come from renewable energy...
by Brian Garst | Oct 31, 2013 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Taxation
This year has seen numerous scandals followed by public concern over the extent to which government agencies are violating their privacy rights. Much of the focus has been on the NSA and national security, but the bigger threat to domestic rights may ultimately come...
by Brian Garst | Sep 23, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The relationship between federal and state governments – the division of power between the two levels being known as federalism – is an integral part of the American constitutional system. Federalism uses separate and competing spheres of sovereignty to...
by Brian Garst | Jul 24, 2013 | Blogs, Uncategorized
[Download Coalition Letter] Dear Member of the U.S. House of Representatives: We write to urge you to vote yes on the bipartisan Amash-Conyers amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2014 (H.R. 2397). Rep. Amash’s proposed amendment would defund...
by Brian Garst | Jul 20, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Minimum Wage
The unemployment rate in Washington DC is 8.5%, a point higher than the national average. Compared to the rest of the nation, the District is poverty and crime-ridden. Given these facts, you’d think the DC Council would welcome the nation’s largest employer to the...
