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White House denial of IRS abuse is getting pretty pathetic

It's not even controversial anymore to point out that the IRS routinely targeted and harassed conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. However many Lois Lerner e-mails may have been destroyed, what we've already seen - combined with the testimony from the conservative groups themselves - clearly demonstrates that the IRS made it a point of giving conservative groups a difficult time.
- Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Real Republicans will let the Export-Import Bank stay dead

Not much was said about it – given all the attention to Iran, Planned Parenthood and the Chattanooga shootings – but a few weeks ago, the Export-Import Bank died. This was a pretty rare event, because it’s not often any type of government program goes to its eternal demise – particularly one that’s mostly about crony capitalism.
- Sunday, July 26, 2015


Trump's 'radioactive' rhetoric

t started with presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments on illegal immigration, which drew huge criticism from the Republican establishment and the media. The unfortunate murder of Kate Steinle recently by an illegal in San Francisco quieted some of the criticism, but the debate then shifted to the legality of sanctuary cities to avoid acknowledging that there was some merit to Trump's comments.
- Monday, July 20, 2015

Meet two Americans whose money was stolen by the IRS

I’ve told my story before of my dealings with the IRS – how they decided to audit me after I publicly criticized President Bill Clinton on national television and forced me to spend significant money on lawyers and accountants just to prove I had done nothing wrong. This is their game and they like to play it. There is no federal agency with more leeway to harass Americans who have broken no law and failed to pay no taxes.
- Sunday, July 19, 2015

Obama's governing strategy makes no sense, unless . . .

I talked on the radio show this morning about what I called Obama's hidden agenda. I suppose the truth is there's nothing much hidden about it, although that's easier to say for someone who pays attention to this stuff for a living. The low-information voter may very well remain fooled, and Obama probably figures he can achieve his political agenda if he gets enough of those. Consider his recent priorities of late:
- Thursday, July 16, 2015

Why does everyone have to be all in (or all out) on Donald Trump?

Maybe it’s because I’ve been there, and I remember the reactions of the political class because I didn’t talk the way they wanted me to. But I’m having a hard time accepting the widespread assessment of Donald Trump that he’s a buffoon. A buffoon? In the history of presidential candidates, it would be hard to find a man with more business and financial success on his track record? Have you ever stayed in one of his hotels? Visited one of his casinos? Really studied his financial history?
- Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Will we deal with flags and walks of fame? Or with difficult facts?

I couldn’t help but notice something last week about the stories that were emphasized in the news – and about the way they were treated. Let’s start with Donald Trump. He may not be your top choice for president. He may not be mine. But the reaction to what he said about illegal immigrants bringing crime into the United States has been one of the most absurd spectacles we’ve seen in some time. His fellow Republican candidates have either rushed to denounce his statement, or have been put on the defensive in explaining why they don’t want to.
- Monday, July 13, 2015

On Social Security, we could follow the examples of Chile and Canada . . .

Greece should be sparking more talk about how we address the runaway spending in this country, which is due in large part to the dysfunctionality of our Social Security system. Now I am not going to propose anything about cutting your Social Security benefits, which is what the Democrats scream about every time someone brings up this problem. They don’t want anyone to consider real solutions to this problem.
- Monday, July 6, 2015

The shrinking workforce of Obama's America

Ronald Reagan used to counter liberal conventional wisdom by saying he measured compassion, not by how many people the government helps, but by how many people don’t need the help. And he succeeded in that vision by presiding over an economy that grew massively – with net job creation of more than 16 million during his presidency.
- Sunday, July 5, 2015



What SCOTUScare means to you

The recent Supreme Court ruling on health insurance subsidies means they upheld the "stupidity of the American people” (as Jonathan Gruber would say, and has), and for the third time the Court stretched the law instead of interpreting the law.
- Monday, June 29, 2015

If Republicans won't repeal ObamaCare, it hardly matters what the Court does

In no way am I willing to excuse the legal illogic that led six of the nine Supreme Court justices to uphold ObamaCare’s clearly illegal subsidy scheme in the King v. Burwell ruling. I can’t say it any better than dissenting Justice Antonin Scalia, who rightly observes that words now mean nothing, and that we might as well refer to the law as SCOTUSCare if the Supremes are going to keep rescuing it from its own shortcomings. If Chief Justice Roberts finds it that implausible that the Democrat Congress of 2009 would really design a law in a way that ensures its failure, I wonder if he’s read many of their other laws. It’s what they do.
- Sunday, June 28, 2015

Opportunity and responsibility, not 'equality', are the keys to growth

Something called the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently published a study that claimed nations with the most “economic inequality” showed the slowest rates of growth between 1990 and 2010. The whole purpose of this exercise, of course, was to provide a justification for government-forced wealth redistribution – the sort of thing that mainly empowers the politicians who get to decide who gets what.
- Monday, June 22, 2015

Rand Paul nails it with his tax code replacement proposal

Rand Paul nails it with his tax code replacement proposalI like very much when I see candidates for any office - but especially for the presidency - propose ideas that don't just nudge things a bit in one direction or another, but that actually solve problems. So I really liked when Rand Paul, via an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal published yesterday, proposed to rip out the tax code by its foundations and start over with a simple, flat tax of 14.5 percent on individuals and businesses.
- Friday, June 19, 2015

Cain's presidential ratings

At the suggestion of my team, the previously named "Cain's Presidential Checklist" will now be called "Cain's Presidential Ratings". Granted, it is as subjective as any other so-called political analyst out there, but as pointed out by many of my folks, at least I have been in this political derby before.
- Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Shale boom: Innovation, not regulation, unleashes prosperity and freedom

I was reading this past week about the explosion of oil shale development in the United States, and about how and why it's driving the recent plunge in oil prices. It's quite a story. If all you know about fracking is the shrieking you've heard from liberals about it causing earthquakes, you really owe it to yourself to get the truth.
- Monday, June 8, 2015

Cain's presidential ratings

Cain's presidential ratingsAt the suggestion of my team, the previously named "Cain's Presidential Checklist" will now be called "Cain's Presidential Ratings". Granted, it is as subjective as any other so-called political analyst out there, but as pointed out by many of my folks, at least I have been in this political derby before.
- Thursday, June 4, 2015

Just so you know the difference, maybe we need a Bill of NON-Rights

Just so you know the difference, maybe we need a Bill of NON-RightsSupposedly the following was written by one Lewis Napper, a computer programmer from Mississippi. You never know when things start circulating around the Internet, so I can’t say for sure that the attribution is correct – and I apologize to Mr. Napper for harboring the slightest doubt if he indeed exists and really wrote this.
- Wednesday, June 3, 2015

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