private sector
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Government
Government And Crony Contractors – You’d Better Shop Around
by Seton Motley February 9, 2018President Donald Trump inherited a whole lot of awful Barack Obama policy.
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When collectivization through the state purports and desires to serve the poor and less fortunate, it will, as a matter of practice, be operated in the interests of the rich and powerful.
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Politics
Please Save Us From The Government ‘Helping’ Us: Texas Wind ‘Energy’ Edition
by Seton Motley April 29, 2017The very famous Ronald Reagan line is: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” He wasn’t even a little incorrect.
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Budgets/Taxes
Another Key Component Of Good Tax Reform: Don’t Hike The Cap Gains Rate – End It
by Seton Motley March 31, 2017In the Left’s ongoing war against anyone who makes any money – the tax code is probably their best and most vicious weapon. It is a multi-thousand page combination shot and machine gun – firing clouds of buckshot in fully automatic fashion.
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Some municipalities around the country have tried, and failed to set up or operate their own broadband communications networks, to compete in the business of broadband service. The reasons for the failures are numerous, but in all cases taxpayer money was put at risk often without approval of taxpayers and often wasted.
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Budgets/TaxesGovernmentPolitics
Even With Trump’s Support, U.S. Labor Is Singing the Blues
by Thomas Hemphill February 1, 2017The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its annual report on union membership last week, and the numbers are not favorable for the U.S. labor movement.
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FeaturedInternet/Telecom
Comments to the FCC Regarding Privacy and Broadband
by Bartlett Cleland June 3, 2016The FCC’s proposed privacy rule in no way will lead to the stated goal of protecting consumers. In fact, the logical and obvious result of the proposal is to create a confusing thicket of government privacy rules emanating from both the FCC and FTC which will lead consumer confusion and likely real harm.
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Environment/EnergyInternet/Telecom
Apple (Private Sector) or the FBI (Government): Whom Do You Trust With Your Data?
by Seton Motley February 23, 2016Last week the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (i.e. the government) received a court order (i.e. from the government) that would force private computer giant Apple to write a program (a “backdoor”) to break the privacy-protecting encryption of their iPhone.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Hillary Clinton Misunderstands (Misrepresents?) How Government Pummels the Economy
by Seton Motley November 6, 2015Hillary Clinton is going to be the Democrat presidential nominee. (Sorry, Bernie Sanders fans. You too, Martin O’Malley fans – both of you.) Unless – and likely even if – she is indicted for her latest foray into self-defined ethics. She has in her past more than a quarter century of…questionable statements, decisions and actions – so it would appear nothing else in this vein will matter to the Democrat rank and file.
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FeaturedInternet/Telecom
Government Slowly Kills the Private Sector – And Blames the Victim for Its Sputtering Demise
by Seton Motley August 4, 2015One of the advantages Big Government advocates have in their efforts to end the private sector – is the size of the victim. A $17-trillion-a-year economy is so huge – it almost always takes a lot of time to dismantle.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – John Eick: What is ALEC?
by H. Sterling Burnett February 11, 2015In today’s edition of the Heartland Daily podcast, Managing Editor of Environment & Climate News H. Sterling Burnett talks with John Eick. Eick is the Director of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Warren Buffett Knows Less Government Means More Economic Activity
by Seton Motley August 29, 2014Remember the “Buffet Rule?”
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Environment/Energy
The Vicious Cycle: Government Warps Markets Until Government Stops Warping Markets
by Seton Motley July 10, 2014The pernicious effect of government warping markets is absolute – and the evidence is obvious and everywhere. When 300+ million Americans (and when 8+ billion worldwide are able to) make…