By Breanna Deutsch Texas is getting even bigger. According to a U.S. Census Bureau report released this week, seven of the top fifteen fastest growing cities are in the Lone Star State. Three of those cities — San Marcos, Frisco and Cedar Park — experienced growth rates of at least 5 percent between 2012 and 2013. And…
A Bigger Tax Bill For Google Helps Neither People, Nor Profits By Craig Schlesinger It’s not uncommon to hear populist cries for companies operating under foreign subsidiaries to pay their “share” in taxes or even repatriate assets. What’s extremely rare, however, is a company’s own shareholders demanding they cough up a sizeable chunk of change…
By Michael Bastasch White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday that President Obama will create the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in south central New Mexico — an area encompassing nearly 500,000 acres. Republicans are condemning this as the biggest “land grab” of his time in office. “The President’s decision to section off…
Whoever is behind the Laughing at Liberals Youtube page is quickly becoming one of my favorite people. A recent upload from a May Day protest by socialist democrats shows the economically illiterate liberals invading a McDonald’s holding signs that read “stop deportations” and demanding a $15 an hour minimum wage. Perhaps someone forgot to inform…
“This is rope, not dope.” Congressman Thomas Massie from Kentucky appeared on The Independents with the objectively beautiful anchor Kennedy to discuss the legalization of industrial farming of hemp in his home state. Massie complained that a farmer in his state is having to sue the federal government in order to have his seeds returned…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Fourteen months after his now famous “filiblizzard”, Senator Rand Paul vowed last Thursday to oppose David Baron, Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. “I shall not only oppose the nomination of David Barron, but will filibuster,” Paul stated. The Senator’s misgivings stem from two classified opinions Barron…
By Michael Bastasch Australia’s conservative coalition is set to cut more than 90 percent of the funding related to global warming from their budget, from $5.75 billion this year to $500 million, over the next four years. Environmentalists and leftist politicians in the country protested the move by conservative Liberal Party Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s governing coalition…
By Breanna Deutsch Billionaire Peter Thiel has a new book coming out and he says it will help you become a billionaire, too. In the former PayPal CEO’s new book, “From Zero to One: Notes On Startups, or How To Build The Future,” he encourages entrepreneurs to focus on building something novel and new. On the book’s…
By Breanna Deutsch Wal-Mart has joined the growing number of large corporations declining to oppose raising the federal minimum wage. In the wake of increasing pressure from labor groups and Democrats, calling for substantial increases in hourly pay standards, Wal-Mart U.S. President Bill Simon has reiterated the company’s position on the current initiative to raise the federal…
By Breanna Deutsch Panera Bread CEO Ron Shaich supports raising the minimum wage – and he has every reason to. Panera’s 1,800 nationwide locations are at the forefront of modernizing the way customers experience fast food restaurants. As soon as 2016, the bread and pasta joint will have replaced all of their cashiers with kiosks….