We less government types love federalism – rightly defined, of course: “A system of government in which states unite and give up some of their powers to a central authority.” That is precisely what happened in what became the United States. The thirteen colonies had just rid themselves of Britain. And by way of creating…
The Donald Trump Administration has thankfully eradicated another Barack Obama Administration legacy liability. The Obama Administration was the most proactively anti-energy presidency with which We the People have ever been afflicted. Obama’s Quiet War on Oil: “The oil and gas industry is in the crosshairs of the administration’s eco-agenda….” It really wasn’t all that quiet. …
I am beginning to wonder if Amazon has ever done anything straight-shooting and/or above board – to acquire its massive market dominance and cash cap ($744 billion). Amazon Retail for nearly two decades has submarined and strip mined brick-and-mortar competitors by selling nigh everything during the retail-make-or-break Christmas season – at a loss. Amazon: Nearly…
God bless President Donald Trump and his Administration for all they are doing to protect Intellectual Property (IP) from the world’s wolves. Of course the largest of all the wolves – is China. Trump To Toughen-Up On China’s Intellectual Property Theft Trump Administration Goes after China over Intellectual Property Trump’s Actions Send a Clear Message:…
The federal government spends a whopping four trillion dollars per year. And prior to the Donald Trump Administration’s most overdue and much appreciated mass regulatory reductions – the federal government regulated at a compliance cost of two trillion dollars per year. That’s six trillion dollars per year worth of power – lorded over a country…
The Donald Trump Administration has done an excellent job of reinvigorating our economy. The administration has done the very necessary bureaucratic forestry of cutting back much of the regulatory underbrush. And Trump and Republicans passed their tax cuts – which were aimed in no small part at people who hire people. Since they’re about the…
This last week delivered us an end to a nauseating year-plus saga. Which consisted of the World’s Richest Man Jeff Bezos private jetting himself all around the nation. So as to have government after government promise to hand him ever larger piles of our money – in exchange for Bezos choosing their locale to locate…
In no small part because of very stupid, anti-First Amendment campaign finance “reform” laws – there exist non-profit entities that were created to allow us to engage in government-approved-and-limited political speech. The three most populous such federal entities – are colloquially named after their Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax code designations. They are the 501(C)3,…
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has for the last several months been considering private sector bids to provide the DoDs club backup computing services. It’s a big deal. Upwards of $10 billion for ten years’ worth of backup server service. Why Pentagon Cloud-Computing Contract Is a Huge Deal Ok – it’s a huge…
Our forty-plus year relationship with Communist China has been, on the main, really, REALLY awful for our country. China has taken from us tens of trillions of dollars and tens of millions of jobs. Communist China has stolen tens of trillions of dollars more – of our Intellectual Property (IP) and via mandated technology transfers.…
