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Phil Kerpen newsletter |
Phony Student Loan Issue Obscures Real Fight Over SpendingSpending | Syndicated ColumnPhil Kerpen, 5/17/2012 The interest rate on federal Stafford Loans is a phony political issue. Yet the legislation proposed in Congress to address this non-issue is still hugely consequential, because the Republican version would end a particularly destructive big government spending program and the Democratic alternative would raise taxes on small businesses. It’s a fight that epitomizes the choice voters will face when they head to the polls this fall. Read the rest at American Commitment. Obama's Gas-Powered War on CoalEnergy | Syndicated ColumnPhil Kerpen, 5/11/2012 With the increasingly likelihood that Obama's health care law will be struck down in court or repealed next Congress, the administration has been working hard to cement another dubious legacy: the destruction of the coal industry. Read the rest at American Commitment. Tell Republicans to end Ex-Im's corrupt corporate welfare!Energy | Spending | TeaPartyPatriots.orgOn Wednesday, the House will vote on reauthorization of a corporate welfare slush fund known as the Export-Import Bank. The bill, H.R. 2072, would expand Ex-Im’s borrowing authority from $100 billion to $140 billion, potentially putting taxpayers on the hook for the full amount. Read the rest at Tea Party Patriots. Take action in the American Commitment Action Center. It’s time for Republicans to stand up for the free market, including agricultureFox News Opinion | SpendingBy Phil Kerpen I once saw a very conservative member of Congress, someone I respect and with whom I have worked on many issues, tell a room full of free-market activists that he considers himself 99 percent free market capitalist and 1 percent socialist – when it comes to agricultural subsidies. Quite simply, ag subsidies have become a third-rail entitlement and are out of control. Read the rest at Fox News Opinion. How a bureaucratic dictate becomes a lawDaily Caller | Energy | Labor | TechnologyPublished: 1:55 PM 05/01/2012 High school civics students and aficionados of “Schoolhouse Rock!” can be forgiven if they are bewildered by what took place in the U.S. Senate last week. It was Barack “We Can’t Wait” Obama’s new process of turning a bill into a law — not by duly passing it in both houses of Congress, but by issuing bureaucratic dictates and counting on Senate Democrats to block any effort to stop them. Read the rest at the Daily Caller. |
