E-Verify, a computer process that makes it fast and easy for employers to check the validity of employees' Social Security numbers to ascertain if they are legal, was created by Congress as a voluntary system. It demonstrates its utility by … [Read more...] about Lamar Smith’s E-Verify Bill Must Be Amended
Unconstitutional Attack on U.S. Inventors — June 2011
Unconstitutional Attack on U.S. Inventors One of the most valuable individual rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution is the right of "inventors" to own "the exclusive right" to their "discoveries" for "limited times." This right was set forth in … [Read more...] about Unconstitutional Attack on U.S. Inventors — June 2011
Patent Act Is Dangerous to U.S. Security
More and more dangerous effects of the proposed changes to U.S. patent law (S.23, H.R.1249) keep emerging, especially since the hearings failed to hear from any real inventors. The proposed bill is unconstitutional, an attack on our national … [Read more...] about Patent Act Is Dangerous to U.S. Security
Trade Agreements Cost Jobs
The first debate of the 2012 presidential race, with personalized, provocative questions planned by Fox News, was good political entertainment, but somehow didn't get around to tackling two of the biggest issues. They are: how do the candidates … [Read more...] about Trade Agreements Cost Jobs
Who Will Answer the Jobs Question?
Public opinion polls show that all the Republican presidential hopefuls are clustered in single- or teen-digit approval ratings. It should be no mystery why no one is breaking out of the pack: no one has answered the number-one political … [Read more...] about Who Will Answer the Jobs Question?
The Patent Bill is Unconstitutional
The biggest issue for many new Members of Congress and TEA Partiers is trying to hold the federal government within its constitutional limits. Unfortunately, the House now seems poised to pass a law in direct violation of the Constitution. One of … [Read more...] about The Patent Bill is Unconstitutional
Education Spending Dollars and Sense — April 2011
Education Spending Dollars and Sense Education Spending Won't Create Jobs Contrary to Obama's political rhetoric, more taxpayer spending to send more students to college will not reduce unemployment or improve the economy. It's just Obama's … [Read more...] about Education Spending Dollars and Sense — April 2011
Education Spending Won’t Create Jobs
Contrary to Obama's political rhetoric, more taxpayer spending to send more students to college will not reduce unemployment or improve the economy. It's just Obama's way of finagling the unemployment statistics by listing young people as … [Read more...] about Education Spending Won’t Create Jobs
Free Trade with Protectionists Cheats U.S. — March 2011
Free Trade with Protectionists Cheats U.S. It looks like the Russians fooled us again in nuclear treaty negotiations. After President Obama bamboozled the Senate into a hurry-up ratification of his New START Treaty, Russia impudently rejected the … [Read more...] about Free Trade with Protectionists Cheats U.S. — March 2011
Government by Regulations Instead of Laws and Treaties
Republicans are assuming that Cap-and-trade (a.k.a. Cap-and-tax) is dead because Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid lacks the votes to bring up the House-passed bill and because this issue proved a loser in the 2010 House races. Like the famous Mark … [Read more...] about Government by Regulations Instead of Laws and Treaties
