Winter Is Coming – And a Dark, Cold Night is Likely If Democrats Get Their Way

In case you missed it, Game of Thrones ended over two years ago, but a common theme of the HBO series is currently on many Americans’ minds and that is winter. The famous tagline is true, winter is coming. And much like the people of the fictional Westeros and Essos, the U.S. is facing a very dark winter, especially if Democrats in Washington get their way.

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Congress Funnels Billions to Broadband. Bureaucrats Cry for More.

The taxpayer money allocated toward broadband continues to grow at an accelerated — some might argue exponential — pace as bureaucrats rush toward their goal of 100 percent connectivity. Critics are concerned that the massive amounts of spending already allocated this year for broadband will be wasted and not help close the digital divide.

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Watchdog Blasts Senate Antitrust Overreach

Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA), a nonprofit, nonpartisan taxpayer and consumer advocacy organization warned consumers and Congress about legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of senators led by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). The sweeping legislation would ban America’s most successful technology firms from engaging in practices that are commonplace in the offline world, such as self-preferencing. This would fundamentally alter the internet and personal devices such as smartphones, dramatically harming consumer convenience and security.

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Watchdog Blasts Senate Antitrust Overreach

For Immediate Release                                                                                              Contact: Courtney Mattison (202-525-7492) October 14, 2021                                     …

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Tax Group Launches Effort to Stop Joe Biden’s Assault on Retirement Savings

Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) launched “Don’t Touch My IRA.” The campaign was launched to protect middle class families and their traditional Roth IRAs from a deeply-irresponsible tax proposal which would jeopardize the retirement security of millions of Americans.

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DC Sending Mixed Messages to GA Smokers

Democrats in the House Ways and Means Committee have unveiled a new tax proposal which would double the federal excise tax on cigarettes and significantly increase the tax burden on other tobacco products – including less harmful smoke-free alternatives, that are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Read more about the article The USPS Should Deliver Mail, Not Health-Care Services
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, packages wait to be sorted in a Post Office in Atlanta. The Postal Service on Friday reported a $5.1 billion loss for the just-completed 2015 fiscal cycle — but that's a slight improvement over last year. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

The USPS Should Deliver Mail, Not Health-Care Services

As the United States Postal Service (USPS) stagnates financially, ideas for expanding the agency’s business model are a dime a dozen. Some lawmakers and commentators, for instance, have suggested getting the USPS into the banking business — despite the agency’s lackluster foray into other financial services. And now, some are raising the seductively simple proposal to have mail carriers check on the elderly for a fee in addition to performing some basic health checks. This idea would not only lead to further labor disputes with mail carriers and slow down mail-delivery times but also jeopardize private and nonprofit approaches to senior care. The homebound elderly certainly deserve our help and compassion, but America’s mail carrier is not up to the task.

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