A Lefty Admits That ObamaCare Has Made Us More Dependent on Government
If you are a conservative or libertarian and are in a particularly generous mood, send a thank you note to Bloomberg’s Joshua Green. He recent piece entitled “Is Washington Ready for the Death of Obamacare?” gives us a preview of the strategy the political left will use should the plaintiff’s prevail ...
Hard Truths Overshadow Happiness about Unemployment Figures — “About Those Jobs Numbers” for February 2015
There’s no denying that the American economy is in a state of flux. Where is President Barack Obama going to take our economy? It doesn’t seem to be in the right direction by any stretch of the imagination. Employers are obviously nervous. Hiring is a not the simple process it ...
Black Conservatives Comment on Selma “Bloody Sunday” 50th Anniversary
Washington, D.C. - March 7 is the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when civil rights activists were attacked by Alabama law enforcement as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma at the beginning of a march to the state capitol. Members of the Project 21 black leadership ...
King v. Burwell–Will Kennedy Swing Left?
After yesterday’s hearing of King v. Burwell, it appears that Justice Anthony Kennedy is the swing vote. Kennedy worried that if the plaintiffs are correct, that subsidies can only flow to exchanges established by a state, then it puts states in the position of being coerced by the federal government: ...
King v. Burwell: End of ObamaCare?
Today the Supreme Court is hearing King v. Burwell, a case that has the potential to unravel ObamaCare. If the plaintiffs win, then about 6 million people in federal exchanges would lose their premium subsidies. That would give Congress an opportunity to re-open ObamaCare entirely. Wikipedia actually gives a nice ...
Not So Fast, Liberal Media: There are a Dozen Free-Market Alternatives to ObamaCare
If Plaintiffs Prevail in King v. Burwell, Conservatives and Libertarians Have Many Health Care Reform Options from Which Congress Can Choose All Proposals Would Help People who Lose Subsidies They Improperly Received from Obama Administration Under ObamaCare Media Claims That Political Right Has Developed No Plans To Replace ObamaCare Are ...
If Plaintiffs Prevail in King v. Burwell, Conservatives and Libertarians Have Many Health Care Reform Options Ready to Help People who Lose ObamaCare Subsidies
On Wednesday, March 4, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in the King v. Burwell case. The plaintiffs in King v. Burwell contend that ObamaCare allows premium subsidies only on state-based exchanges. If the plaintiffs prevail, millions of people on federal exchanges will lose their subsidies. Should that ...
Republicans Usually Ask for Higher Spending During “Members’ Day.” This Year, Some Called for Cuts
I worked for the House of Representatives from 2007-2008. While there, I attended the 2008 “Members’ Day” hearing at the House Budget Committee. Members’ Day is when the Budget Committee gives representatives a chance to testify about their own priorities for the federal budget. While the hearing usually lasts somewhere ...
Project 21 Member Wins CPAC Blogger Award
Congratulations to Project 21 member Wayne Dupree, who was named “Blogger of the Year” at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this past weekend at the Gaylord National Resort in suburban Washington, D.C. In addition to his work with the National Center’s black leadership network, Wayne created the NewsNinja ...
Who Photobombed Col. Allen West?
Project 21's Bishop Council Nedd II was interviewing former U.S. Congressman Col. Allen West when a familiar face photobombed the interview. Click the picture to find out who ...
Free Market Group Working to Protect Employment Freedoms to Respond to Costco Chairman’s Allegations at CPAC 2015
National Center for Public Policy Research's Employee Conscience Protection Project Highlights Costco as an Outlier in Failing to Protect Workers from Potential Political Discrimination Costco Chairman's Email to Us is Wrong: There's No Evidence Costco Protects Its Workers from Retribution if Workers Hold Personal Views Their Supervisors Don't Like National ...
The Dashing Federal Budget
Yesterday the House Budget Committee held “Members’ Day.” I’ll write more about that tomorrow, over the weekend, Monday, Tuesday. For the time being, enjoy what happens when a committee staffer handling the computer forgets that even during an intermission the video camera is still running: UPDATE, 4:41pm: As of right ...
Jeff Stier of the National Center and Niger Innis of Project 21 to Appear on Special CPAC Panel on Regulations and Freedom
At CPAC today at 2:30 PM, Niger Innis of Project 21 and The TeaParty.Net and the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Jeff Stier will appear on a special Washington Times panel, “Regulatory Assaults on Your Freedom You May Not Know About.” They will be George Landrith of Frontiers of ...
Why We Don’t Believe Costco Chairman Jeffrey Brotman
Having ruffled the feathers of the leadership of Costco, America's second largest retailer, last Friday, I plan to attend the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this Friday to respond to false claims made by Costco Chairman Jeffrey Brotman jointly to the National Center and the One American News Network ...
CEO of Farming Giant John Deere Challenged for Fighting Proposal to Protect Employees’ Right to Engage in Private Political and Civic Activities on Their Own Time
Following Criticism at Shareholder Meeting from National Center for Public Policy Research, Deere CEO Samuel Allen Commits to Reconsidering Employee Protections National Center's Employee Conscience Protection Project Continues Fight for Americans Who May Face Workplace Discipline for Private Political Actions and Beliefs Moline, IL / Washington, D.C. - At Wednesday's ...
ObamaCare Taxes the Poor
This, apparently, is the new ObamaCare theme song: From the press release for an H&R Block report: So far in the 2015 tax season, H&R Block, the world’s largest consumer tax services provider, is seeing a majority (52 percent) who enrolled in insurance via the state or federal Marketplaces paying back a ...
ObamaCare Exchanges: Goal-Post Shifting And Glitches
Just before the ObamaCare exchanges re-opened in November of last year, the Obama Administration predicted that about 9.1 million people would be enrolled in the exchanges through 2015. Last week the Administration announced that 11.4 million people had signed up via the exchanges, which makes it likely that the goal ...
Project 21 Members Call Rumored Federal Lawsuit Against Ferguson Police Department a Misguided Attempt for “Pound of Flesh”
Eric Holder's DOJ Reportedly Plans a Lawsuit Against the Ferguson Police for Racial Discrimination Any DOJ Lawsuit Would "Ultimately Be a Lawsuit against the Taxpayers" Ferguson, MO / Washington, D.C. - With the U.S. Department of Justice rumored to be on the verge of filing a lawsuit against the Ferguson ...
King Obama Creates a Privileged ObamaCare Class
As I noted yesterday, Democrats have been beseeching the President for a special open enrollment period for the ObamaCare exchanges. The reason is that a lot of people will learn of the individual mandate penalty for the first time when they go to pay taxes this year. If they are ...
National Center’s Stier Explains the Animal Extremist Agenda against Mankind
There’s been legislation introduced in Washington state that would make it a crime to have a dolphin or a whale “for performance or entertainment purposes” and breeding. Doing so could land the offender in jail for six months and liable for a $100,000 fine, although it’s clear the true intent ...
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