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Mitch McConnell Votes for $12 Billion Water Bill
Republican politicians like Mitch McConnell will talk incessantly about the profligate spending in Washington when they are pandering to their primary voters. But they will seldom tell you which functions of government should be devolved to the states, privatized, or eliminated altogether. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a $12.2 billion water bill to fund many [...]
Is There Any Limit to Immigration?
We’ve been entreated to endless platitudes and bromides over the past few months about the virtues of immigration. But like most other positive things in life, everything must be applied in moderation. Too much of anything is no good. This is especially true with regards to immigration. One question that the politicians in Washington refuse [...]
Stalin’s Five-Year Plan Reincarnated
With farm incomes on the rise in recent years, what is Big Ag supposed to do? How can they justify more subsidies? Well, for one thing, they can spend more time demanding an endless flow of cheap labor to which they can pay below market wages. But that would require the passage of an amnesty [...]
Immigration, Wages, and Free Markets
All conservatives and libertarians agree that government should not set wage requirements on private enterprise. That would violate the foundation of a free market economy. But should industries and special interest groups get to use the power of government to tilt our immigration system in a way that will actively depress wages? Is that free [...]
This is a Scandal We Must Not Let Slide
Welcome to 1984. The government that is supposed to govern by the consent of the people is now attacking those who seek to preserve the Constitution. Even as a number of non-profit organizations that aid and abet illegal aliens or Islamic terrorists are able to operate without any fear of investigation, we now know that [...]
Listen to Our Immigration Discussion With Mark Levin
Last evening, I was on with Mark Levin discussing the latest developments with the gang of 8 amnesty bill. We tackle some important issues related to hypocritical voting records as it relates to border security. You can listen to the audio by clicking here and selecting the May 9th show. I come on in the [...]
Senate Judiciary Committee Seals the Fate of the Gang Immigration Bill
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee began its markup of the gang of 8 immigration deform bill (s.744). The striking thing about the markup is that any casual observer would think we were living in 1965 or 1986, when there was either relatively low legal immigration or no failed amnesty to look back upon. To most [...]
The Marco Rubio We Once Knew
With Marco Rubio appearing all over the media to talk about this disastrous immigration bill, I felt it would be worthwhile to go back and examine his comments on illegal immigration while he was running for office: Interviewer: “Are you pro-amnesty for illegal immigration?” Rubio: “No, No, Never have been, in fact, I am strongly [...]
The Question Gun-Grabbers Cannot Answer
One of the most underappreciated sociological phenomenons of the past two decades is the precipitous, almost miraculous, drop in the level of crime nationwide. Throughout the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s violent crime rose sharply. We were beginning to wonder if living with such dangerous streets would be the new norm in America. Yet, there has [...]
Egregious Ads and Polls from Mark Zuckerberg’s Front Group
Imagine the biggest conservative donors in America banding together to form a group, “Progressives for Retirement Security,” for the purpose of promoting private retirement accounts. Imagine that group running ads starring Chuck Schumer promoting private Social Security accounts as examples of bold progressive reform. Don’t worry, hell will freeze over from global warming before that [...]
