by John Stossel “I thought unions were great — until at Chrysler, the union steward started screaming at me. Working at an unhurried pace, I’d exceeded ‘production’ for that job.” That comment, left on my blog by a viewer who watched my Fox Business Network show about unions, matches my experience. No one ordered me… Continue Reading
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Congress Can’t Repeal Economics
by John Stossel It’s raining! I don’t like it! Why hasn’t Congress passed the Good Weather Act and the Everybody Happy Act? Sound dumb? Why is it any dumber than a law called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which promised to cover more for less money? When Obamacare was debated, we free-market advocates… Continue Reading
Taxing the Rich
by John Stossel Progressives want to raise taxes on individuals who make more than $200,000 a year because they say it’s wrong for the rich to be “given” more money. Sunday’s New York Times carries a cartoon showing Uncle Sam handing money to a fat cat. They just don’t get it. As I’ve said before,… Continue Reading
The Battle for the Future
by John Stossel For most of the life of America, and when it grew fastest, government spent just a few hundred dollars per person. Today, the federal government alone spends $10,000. Politicians talk about cuts, but the cuts rarely happen. The political class always needs more. I see the pressure. All day, Congress listens to… Continue Reading
Money Is Not What Schools Need
by John Stossel U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently claimed: “Districts around the country have literally been cutting for five, six, seven years in a row. And, many of them, you know, are through, you know, fat, through flesh and into bone … .” Really? They cut spending five to seven consecutive years? Give me… Continue Reading
A Different View of Foreign Policy
by Ron Paul As one who is opposed to centralization, I am wary of attempts to turn a grassroots movement against big government like the Tea Party into an adjunct of the Republican Party. I find it even more worrisome when I see those who willingly participated in the most egregious excesses of the most… Continue Reading
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