Team Obama Claims Full Employment, But Sluggish Economy Still A Disaster (Audio: Interview)
On WBAP’s Chris Salcedo Show, IPI president Tom Giovanetti delivers a damning blow to the full employment “victory lap” Team Obama is claiming current labor statistics prove.
Matthews On Monday’s Stock Market Slide (Audio: Interview)
IPI resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WAVA’s Don Kroah to discuss reasons behind the “Black Monday” stock market slide and whether it’s temporary or part of long-term trend.
Oreos Moves To Mexico; Should We Boycott? (Audio: Interview)
Americans should be troubled when a company decides to invest overseas rather than domestically. The US should do a better job on free trade and competing internationally.
Oreos And U.S. Global Competitiveness (Audio: Interview)
Tom Giovanetti joins KMED’s Bill Meyer on Oreo’s move to Mexico from Chicago, pointing out how onerous taxes, regulations and labor costs make the U.S. a prohibitively expensive place to invest for businesses.
To Cut IRS, First Start Tax Reform
Ted Cruz famously called for abolishing the Internal Revenue Service in his announcement to run for president. Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses on WINA's Schilling Show whether eliminating the agency is possible, explaining that any kind of attempts to downsize the IRS must first start with downsizing the tax code.
Is It Possible to Downsize the IRS? (Audio: Interview)
Ted Cruz has thrown his hat into the 2016 presidential race, and he wants to abolish the IRS. But is that possible? Dr. Merrill Matthews says downsizing the agency is at least possible through fundamental tax reform.
Obama's "Student Aid" Scheme Offers Wrong Incentives (Audio: Interview)
The president’s new “student aid bill of rights” is just a way to pressure the GOP in approving $21 billion in higher education spending, Merrill Matthews tells the World News Group’s Jim Henry. “President Obama is actively trying to get college students hooked on thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded loans, only to forgive much of that debt later. That's how you create government dependency, not fiscally responsible citizens.”
Let's Make Education Investments Tax Deductible (Audio: Interview)
Tom Giovanetti joins Mark Davis in-studio at 660 AM-The Answer to recap the State of the Union address, and challenges the notion that government be involved in more taxpayer-backed education-funding schemes.
The State of the Union Is Not Strong and Americans Know It (Audio: Interview)
Tom Giovanetti joins 106.3 The Word host Tara Servatius to recap last night’s “waste of time” State of the Union address, pointing out the logical conflicts of Obama’s proposals and how none of the them have the faintest chance of becoming law.
SOTU Highlight: Trade and the TPP (Audio: Interview)
One issue stood out in the SOTU that Republicans can likely work on with Obama: trade and Trans Pacific Partnership. In the following interview with KMED’s Bill Meyer, Merrill Matthews discusses the benefits of fast tracking the TPP.
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