Bob Adelmann
Major Retailers Sue Visa and MasterCard Over Swipe Fees
After eight years of litigation, Visa and MasterCard are within shouting distance of their long-term goal: protection of a massive and increasing flow of cash from consumers without further interference, litigation, or competition.
Senate Votes to Continue Sugar Subsidies
Free-market arguments aren't enough to overcome the political clout of the favored class receiving sugar subsidies from the federal government.
Cost Estimate of Government Regulations Doesn’t Measure the Real Cost
The estimate that the cost of government regulations now exceed half of the annual budget for the first time fails to take into account the cost in freedoms lost in the regulatory state.
"Form OBMA" Added to Tax Forms for 2014?
Form OBMA, or one like it, will begin showing up in the mail from the IRS as ObamaCare is implemented. The question remains, will taxpayers continue to take these incursions into privacy lying down?
Colorado Sheriffs and Other Plaintiffs Sue to Void Two Gun Laws
A lawsuit announced on May 17 in Denver to void two of Colorado's most restrictive gun control laws was supported by most of Colorado's sheriffs, and is only the first round fired in the legal battle against them.
House Votes to Repeal ObamaCare, Again
Thursday's House vote was strictly political. As implementation of ObamaCare takes place over the next couple of years, Americans will finally be able to "see what's in the bill," and Republicans want to be on the right side of that issue come 2014 and 2016.
Exposure of IRS Malfeasance Erodes Confidence in Big Government
The only thing certain following the conclusion of the various investigations into the IRS' targeting of conservative charities is this: Americans' distrust of big government in general and the IRS in particular will continue to grow.
IRS Investigations Used in the Past to Intimidate and Punish
The Internal Revenue Service has been used for decades as a tool to intimidate, neutralize, and punish opponents of the White House, no matter who is in office.
Clock Is Ticking on Illinois Pension Reform
Two bills designed to reform the state's dreadfully underfunded pension obligations have just passed the Illinois legislature. Neither will do much, if anything, about those obligations, thanks to union influence.
Open Mic Catches Dems' Plot to Confiscate Guns, Diss Owners
The open microphone following a New Jersey Senate committee meeting caught the unvarnished comments of three anti-gun Democrats working to confiscate their citizens' firearms while dissing those citizens as well.
