Author: RealClearWire

On Unemployment, Joe Manchin Hit The Nail On The Head

Joe Manchin said it best: “We have 11 million jobs that we haven’t filled, 8 million people still unemployed. Something’s not matching up here.” The West Virginia senator’s instincts are right. Something in the labor market fundamentally changed during the pandemic. Fewer people seem willing to work. The National Federation of Independent Business has been […]

Joe Biden’s Energy Policies Hurt My Family

I started pipelining in 2008 during one of the worst economic recessions our country has ever witnessed. I’ve seen disaster after disaster, both natural and policy-related, devastate our oil and gas supply over the past 13 years of my pipelining career. Yet through all of this, I have never been more concerned for our nation […]

Five Of The Most Heinous Nazi Medical Experiments

By Ross Pomeroy for RealClearScience During the Holocaust, the Nazi Party’s twisted ‘ethics’ yielded abominable medical experiments. When German doctors’ ethos pivoted from focusing on the health of the individual to the collective health of society, horrible things could be justified at ‘undesirable’ individuals’ expense so long as such actions promoted the wellbeing of everyone […]

The post Five Of The Most Heinous Nazi Medical Experiments appeared first on The Political Insider.

Democratic Tax Plan Will Squeeze Small Business

By Rea S. Hederman, Jr. for RealClearPolicy Democrats in Washington are looking to bolster their tax-and-spend reputation as they try to pass an “infrastructure” package currently slated to cost taxpayers roughly $3.5 trillion in spending and untold sums in tax increases to “pay” for it. Corporate tax hikes along with higher cigarette and income taxes […]

The post Democratic Tax Plan Will Squeeze Small Business appeared first on The Political Insider.

On Unemployment, Democrat Joe Manchin Hit The Nail On the Head

By Andy Puzder for RealClearPolitics Joe Manchin said it best: “We have 11 million jobs that we haven’t filled, 8 million people still unemployed. Something’s not matching up here.” The West Virginia senator’s instincts are right. Something in the labor market fundamentally changed during the pandemic. Fewer people seem willing to work. The National Federation […]

The post On Unemployment, Democrat Joe Manchin Hit The Nail On the Head appeared first on The Political Insider.

President Trump Dishes On Milley, Afghanistan, And George W. Bush

By Tom Bevan for RealClearMarkets The following is Part 2 of my interview with former President Donald Trump. You can read Part 1 here. U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified Tuesday and Wednesday before the Senate and House armed services committees. These were Milley’s first public appearances since […]

The post President Trump Dishes On Milley, Afghanistan, And George W. Bush appeared first on The Political Insider.

$1 Million Study By University Of Kentucky: Japanese Quail Did Coke, Had Risky Sex

By Adam Andrzejewski for RealClearPolicy When Japanese quail are coked up, they engage in risky sexual behavior. Those are the findings of a years-long study at The University of Kentucky, spending $874,503 between 2010 and 2016 — just under $1 million when adjusted for inflation. The late Sen. Tom Coburn first pointed out this wasteful […]

The post $1 Million Study By University Of Kentucky: Japanese Quail Did Coke, Had Risky Sex appeared first on The Political Insider.

Generals Contradict Biden, But WH Insists Otherwise

By Philip Wegmann for RealClearMarkets The Biden administration never expected congressional oversight to be comfortable, but even as lawmakers were busy grilling top military brass Tuesday about their handling of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Jen Psaki said the hearing was necessary and good. “We feel this is a part of democracy,” the press secretary […]

The post Generals Contradict Biden, But WH Insists Otherwise appeared first on The Political Insider.

President Biden Is The Latest To Promote The Fib That Corporations Pay No Taxes

By John Tamny for RealClearMarkets “Not a penny. That’s not right. And my economic plan will change that.” So said President Biden on September 16th in typically mawkish fashion. Biden was referencing a list produced by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that revealed – gasp – 55 corporations that didn’t pay taxes in […]

The post President Biden Is The Latest To Promote The Fib That Corporations Pay No Taxes appeared first on The Political Insider.