PolicyBytes

Even while President Obama seeks additional money from Congress for border security, his administration is giving away billions of taxpayer dollars to clean energy companies that the government likes, even though their success rate is abysmal.

President Obama claims that income inequality has been growing dramatically. But government statistics show that there has been very little increase, indicating the issue may be more political than real.

Sen. Paul plans to introduce legislation allowing ex-felons to vote in federal elections.  But the Constitution leaves voter eligibility up to the states, not Congress.

The U.S. ban on exporting crude oil and natural gas keeps prices artificially high and opens the door for troublemaking countries with large fossil fuel reserves to wreak foreign policy havoc.

A new study shows that more highly skilled workers increase wages for everyone. It's a good reason to pass at least limited immigration, but politics may trump economics.

A new Politico poll shows that Americans are concerned about what Democrats want them to ignore, and don't care about want Democrats want to stress.

Obamacare was supposed to deliver low-deductible coverage at low cost; instead it is providing high deductible at high costs, which will have a big effect on people’s pocketbooks.

Obamacare tries to impose a failed industrial-era Medicaid program on states; Mississippi is choosing 21^st century technology and innovation instead.

There is good news this Earth Day, but somehow we expect that many people will grumble at the good news rather than celebrate.

The tech bubble of the late 1990s was fueled by an economy that embraced the optimism, so both fell hard and at the same time. The recent tech-stock sell off never got widespread economy buy-in because it's still struggling under President Obama's economic policies. That means the tech sell off is probably more a correction than a bubble that just burst.