by Ian Tartt The “FairTax” is popular idea among some conservative and libertarian circles. Supporters of the tax seek to replace federal income, payroll, business income, estate, and capital gains taxes with a national consumption tax. Eliminating the IRS and the tax code, raising wages, letting individuals choose their level of taxation through how much they…
By Micah J. Fleck In response to the outrageous rise in price for EpiPen, the star product of parent company Mylan, consumers are not happy. They are leaving the company’s patronage in droves and instead turning to alternatives such as Adrenaclick. The main reason why these alternatives are not big sellers is because they are…
Cajun Navy May Be Required to Pay State Licensing Fee by Aya Katz No good deed goes unpunished. The Cajun Navy is a group of volunteers that operates at its own expense to rescue people trapped in flooded areas in Louisiana. They use their own boats. They risk their lives. And now that people have noticed…
Fair is Fair: The Legend of the FairTax By Dallas Brooks On a cold December night in 1773, American Colonists in Boston had decided they’d had enough. The Sons of Liberty, a group of such notable Americans as Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and Paul Revere, had voiced their strong opposition to the Tea Act of…
By Micah J. Fleck Well, who would have thought? A government entity that can’t manage money. Only this time, it lied about this fact for years and only got found out in a recent audit. According to Reuters: The new report focused on the Army’s General Fund, the bigger of its two main accounts, with…
By Micah J. Fleck The news has once again rolled around that the EpiPen, a specific brand of epinephrine auto-injector, has risen in price astronomically – far beyond the normal rate of inflation. Most recently, the company behind the EpiPen, Mylan, has reportedly raised their price from $100 to $500 per pack – right…
by Robert Donachie Americans’ opinions on welfare have changed dramatically over the past two decades, according to a recent study by the American Enterprise Institute. Some 51 percent of Americans supported workfare — a welfare system that requires those receiving benefits to perform some work or to participate in job training — in 1985. But in 2016, that…
by Craig Boudreau Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute have found that those who switch from regular cigarettes to electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) may reduce their risk of cancer. The study found e-cigs are as effective as conventional cigarettes at delivering nicotine to the user, but e-cig users showed a decreased rate of exposure to specific carcinogens and toxins,…
by Robert Donachie A multinational retail giant spent $20 million to put a private restroom in each of its stores by 2017 in an effort to squelch the nation’s ongoing transgender restroom debate. Target, Inc. has caught a great deal of flack from customers around the nation regarding its restroom policy. On the company website in April,…
By Blake Neff A simple chart created by the American Enterprise Institute demonstrates how incredible the cost of attending college has become. In the past 20 years, prices have inflated by 55 percent overall. But inflation hasn’t been evenly distributed. Prices of consumer goods, like cars, phones, clothes, and televisions, have remained stagnant or have even…