Should Warren Buffett Pay More In Taxes?
Townhall.com: Raising taxes on the ultra-rich will have a negative impact on the rest of us, according to John Goodman’s latest commentary
Bob McTeer – Fed Intervention
CNBC – National Center for Policy Analysis Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer discussing what moves the Federal Reserve needs to make in response to the market turmoil.
Report: Deregulating Entrepreneurship Will Benefit Poor
Newsmax.com: NCPA’s Roger Koppl and Pete du Pont contributed to the recent NCPA report on deregulating entrepreneurship to boost effective, affordable services for the poor.
How a Weak Dollar Drains Your Pocketbook.
Fox Business –Bob McTeer explains how a weak dollar can be good for GDP but bad for standard of living.
Us Against Them
Texas Insider – John C. Goodman comments on how divisive rhetoric is influencing educational policy.
The Antidote for Socialism
Wall Street Journal – Last year I wrote that the enactment of ObamaCare meant ‘the Europeanization of America is coming to pass, for individual choice and opportunity are being replaced by statism.’ That law is transferring 17% of our national economy from the marketplace to full control and regulation by the federal government.
Obama's Debt-Ceiling Scare Tactics
The Wall Street Journal — NCPA Senior Fellow and former Medicare Trustee Thomas R. Saving says it’s not accurate for the Administration to threaten that the Social Security “coffers” will be empty by August third if Congress fails to act by then on the debt ceiling.
Gang of Six Proposes Cutting Spending on Federal Health Programs By $200 Billion. How? They'll Let You Know When They Figure It Out
Reason – Peter Suderman gives John Goodman the final word in a piece on raising the debt ceiling.
Bob McTeer on Geithner and the Debt Ceiling
CNBC – McTeer comments on interview with Secretary Geithner about the debt limit conflict.
Bob McTeer on the National Debt
KXAS/NBC– NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer helps clarify national debt limit questions, and offers his opinion on solutions.
Debt limit fight could threaten military pay, base services
Stars & Stripes – Leo Shane discusses the possible consequences of the debt limit debate with input from NCPA’s Pam Villarreal.
What Investors Need To Know About The Debt Ceiling Debate
iStockAnalyst – While predicting the resolution to the debt ceiling discussion, Jeffrey Miller cites Bob McTeer’s recent commentary.
What’s Needed In The Debt Ceiling Debate: Constructive Ambiguity
Forbes – Bob McTeer comments on the need for constructive compromise in the debt ceiling debate.
Can This Economy Be Saved?
The Wall Street Journal – America’s economy is in the doldrums again. Economic growth is weak—just 1.8% a year in the last quarter. Government spending is increasing—to a projected 25.3% of gross domestic product this year from 20.7% in 2008—while revenues are down to 14.4% of GDP from 17.5% in 2008.
Barry Asmus: Economic Speaker
Eagles Talent Speakers Bureau – NCPA economist Barry Asmus lectures on the critical role that free trade plays in the U.S. and global economies.
A Brief History of the Gold Standard
Congress established a mint in 1792 and defined the dollar in terms of a specific weight in both gold and silver. This put the new republic on a bimetallic standard, common at the time. Initially, the official ratio of gold to silver at the mint overvalued gold relative to silver, so silver became the de facto standard.
Did Smart Growth Fuel the Property-Price Boom?
The Wall Street Journal – An NCPA study on smart growth is cited in an article about the housing crash.
Rigid Land Use Spiked Home Prices
HousingPredictor – Story on the NCPA study on the effects of development restrictions on the recent housing crash.
Fighting The Fed? Try This Meaningless Ratio
Forbes – A reminder from Bob McTeer that when the Fed purchases U.S.
Treasuries, it is not burning money.
Tough Truths About The Dollar, The Debt and The Economy
Forbes.com: Bob McTeer’s column at Forbes.com provides frank commentary on the politics of monetary policy and the current fiscal crisis.
Bernanke's Economic Time Bomb
American Thinker – The American Thinker on NCPA research on the economic effects of the stimulus package.
To Reduce Flood Damage, End National Flood Insurance
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate News – The Heartland Institute writes on an NCPA report analyzing property insurance payouts on floods.
Time to Choose
America is now facing the most difficult governmental choices since the end of World War II, 66 years ago. Back then our debt as a percentage of gross domestic product had just exceeded 100%. In about a decade it will exceed that again, and if we continue our current economic policies the Congressional Budget Office projects it will approach 800% in another 66 years.
Bob McTeer on the Economy
CNBC – Bob McTeer made three appearances on CNBC to discuss the Bernanke news conference that followed a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee
Walker’s Next Battle to Create Jobs
Examiner.com – Governor Walker campaigned on creating 250,000 jobs for Wisconsin during his first term. He got his Budget Repair bill passed. While it is still being fought in the courts he is gearing up for his next battle. The bill will make it through the courts and will cut costs as public employee unions can no longer collectively bargain for anything but wages.