What’s worse than a government agency wasting your money? Two government agencies working together to waste your money.
The nation faces a dangerously seductive form of gambling, as cross-border, high tech telecommunications networks threaten to siphon money out of homes across the country. The problem is getting worse, and the states, with the constitutional mandate to regulate gambling within their borders, are indifferent or worse. The only solution is for Congress to act now.
Political pundits say that when Hillary Clinton runs for president, it would be unwise for Republicans to make a big deal about the sexual woes of Bill Clinton.
The margins tax was a terrible idea from the moment the state teachers union put it on paper and began collecting signatures to qualify it for the 2014 ballot. But we now know the initiative is even worse than previously thought: In addition to killing jobs, the plan, if passed, creates a huge disincentive for small business growth.