Debtors’ Prisons — Again
Debtors' prisons in the United States have been present for years. It's just that few know about them, except the victims. ...
About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
Christmas Miracles Continue to Confound and Delight
The world asks, "How can this be?" Faith answers. ...
Swiss Banks Are Now Agents for the IRS
First the Swiss and then the world. Soon every bank in the world will be a de facto IRS agent seeking to punish those with wealth. ...
Free Market Options to ObamaCare Already Exist
The free market in health care services which is already in place awaits the pending collapse of ObamaCare, ready to provide those services at lower costs without the mandates....
Study to Resolve Mental Health Loophole and Gun Ownership Touted
The front page of Sunday’s New York Times led with a nearly 5,000-word essay by two journalists amping up the volume in the latest attack on the Second Amendment...
Plastic Water Bottle Ban Proposed for San Francisco
While statists in San Francisco, California, and Concord, Massachusetts, are determined to change people's behavior through force, the free market is quietly solving the plastic water bottle crisis. ...
Another ObamaCare Surprise: Estate Recovery
Another surprise from ObamaCare: if you sign up for Medicaid you essentially will your home to the government when you die. ...
Colorado School Shooting Fails to Generate Media Buzz
Since the shooting attack at Colorado's Arapahoe High School last Friday didn't fit the media's narrative, the story rapidly disappeared from view. ...
Senator Tom Coburn Releases 2013 “Wastebook”
Senator Tom Coburn released his annual "Wastebook" highlighting egregious government spending. ...
CBO Report: The Rich Pay Most of the Taxes; the Poor Get Checks
Who will pull at the traces when everyone wants to ride in the wagon? The CBO reports that only four out of 10 taxpayers are pulling at the traces....
Newtown School-shooting Anniversary Marked by Anti-gun Protests
Bells ringing over the weekend in memory of Newtown will likely fail to galvanize much anti-gun fervor, at least for the moment. ...
Ryan’s Bill May Meet Resistance in the Senate
Just when Ryan's compromise on the debt ceiling and the sequester cuts appeared headed for a quick Senate approval, along comes word that the Republicans will filibuster it. ...
Ryan-Murray Debt Deal Gives Away Sequester Cuts, Sells Out Conservatives
The spending deal negotiated and promoted by Republican Paul Ryan gives up the sequester cuts, the only real leverage the Republicans had to reduce government spending. ...
Illinois Pension Reform Is No Permanent Fix
The pension reform bill passed last week in Springfield, Illinois, is just another stall, delaying once again any real attempt at solving the state's $100-billion pension plan shortfall. ...
U.S. Treasury Sells Its GM Shares at a Loss, Claims Taxpayer Victory
The bailout of General Motors served many purposes, but it most decidedly was no victory for American citizens or taxpayers, despite claims by the president and those in his...
Walmart Opens First Two Stores in D.C. After Wage Fight
The Walmart "reality" overrode the Washington, D.C. city council's distaste for the retail giant as 23,000 people applied for 800 jobs at its two new stores. ...
WTO Celebrates First Global Agreement in 12 Years
Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevêdo announced on Saturday the successful culmination of days of difficult negotiations to arrive at the first unanimous agreement in the...
International Monetary Fund Rolls Out Dangerous “Wealth Tax” Proposal
Buried in its "Fiscal Monitor Report" the International Monetary Fund pled its case for a "wealth tax" to be applied to everyone on the planet who owns anything. ...
Judge Declares Detroit Bankrupt; Gives OK to Cut Pensions, Burn Creditors
Many of the lessons being learned the hard way in Detroit's bankruptcy will, unfortunately, have to be learned over and over again. ...
“Saudi Texas” Is Changing the World’s Economic and Political Landscape
There is no bad news here to report: It's all good. Energy production in Texas makes it one of the world's top 10 oil and gas producers. ...