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The Cato Institute Dear members of Congress: Please think carefully before you coercively interfere in the decisions that millions, billions, of people make every day. http://bit.ly/6X2Uzs
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Two items in Tuesday’s newspapers remind us of the often unseen costs of regulation and also of the often unseen benefits of market processes. In the Wall Street Journal, Prof. Todd Zywicki examines ...
The Cato Institute The title of Karl Rove's most recent column is "Obama's Fiscal Fantasy." I’m a big fan of condemning Obama’s big-government schemes, but Rove is the last person in the world who should be complaining about too much wasteful spending. -Daniel J. Mitchell http://bit.ly/8L4ydU
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Even though I’ve been in Washington for almost 25 years, I still get shocked by the deceit and double-talk that characterizes this town. A perfect example can be found in today’s Wall Street Journal, which features a column by Karl Rove attacking President Obama for fiscal incontinence. ...
The Cato Institute How Obamacare threatens medical innovation: "Imposing price controls on drugs and treatments--or indirectly forcing their prices down by means of a "public option" or expanded public insurance programs--would reduce the incentive for innovators to develop new treatments." http://bit.ly/5TneCF
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What Congress shouldn't overhaul in U.S. health care.
The Cato Institute Everybody should watch the National College Football Championship because whether you're interested or not, you are paying for it. Find out why, here:
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The Cato Daily Podcast allows experts and scholars affiliated with the Cato Institute to comment on relevant news in a conversational, informal manner. By presenting issues in a concise and engaging way, ...
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Cato Vice President Gene Healy grades President Obama on his first year in office. (Hint: He doesn't give him a "B+")
What grade would you give President Obama?
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We're coming up on the anniversary of Barack Obama's first year in office. How's he doing so far?
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Gene Healy on the new decade:
“Yes, it was a rotten 10 years for America. But cheer up: Things aren’t
as bad as they seem, and there’s a good chance they’ll get better.” Here's why:
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Friday brings an end to a decade most Americans will be glad to see the back of. What's to like about a 10-year span that started with an embarrassingly botched election, moved on to the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history and ended with a harrowing financial crisis? The
The Cato Institute The difficult part of passing the health care bill has only just begun: "The bill must now go to a conference committee to resolve significant differences between the House and Senate versions. And history shows that agreement is far from guaranteed." -Michael Tanner
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Michael Tanner, a Cato Institute senior fellow, is co-author of Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It.
The Cato Institute Congress has spent the country blind, inflated a disastrous housing bubble, subsidized every special interest with a letterhead and lobbyist, and created a wasteful, incompetent bureaucracy that fills Washington. But now, legislators want to take a break from all their good work and save college football. What could go wrong? -Doug Bandow
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Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is the author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
The Cato Institute President Obama said he was not elected to help out the "Wall Street fat cats." But bankers are just responding to the incentives generated by the economic policies of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve. -Gerald O'Driscoll
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In The Wall Street Journal, Gerald P. O'Driscoll writes about the president's complaints that banks are not lending to businesses. But the U.S. Treasury is borrowing huge sums from banks to finance the administration's deficits. ...
The Cato Institute Cato Weekly Video: Is there a contradiction between Christianity and capitalism?
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Cato Weekly Video presents a variety of speakers, interviews, and events at the Cato Institute. The wealth of Cato's multimedia content is carefully selected and edited to portray the most pivotal issues ...