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Government regulatory uncertainty puts ‘breaks’ on economy

By Steve McGough / October 6, 2010 /

Small businesses are somewhat resilient when it comes to dealing with state and federal regulations, and to a certain extent, large businesses can deal with the new rules and rule changes a bit more effectively since they can absorb additional costs across different business areas. What small and large businesses both have more difficulty with…

Reason 72 & 73: Government should not bail out corporations

By Steve McGough / February 4, 2009 /

President Obama is considering limiting executive pay to companies who are part of the TARP program, and GM and Chrysler are still in the courtroom fighting California’s proposed legislation to raise fuel efficiency standards. Again we highlight why government should not get involved with the free market. First we have Obama’s marketing campaign to limit…

Governement Promotes Subprime Loans – Gets Caught

By Steve McGough / April 3, 2008 / Comments Off on Governement Promotes Subprime Loans – Gets Caught

There is quite a bit of blame going on concerning the so-called subprime loan crisis. Depending on who you speak with, it’s either the predatory lenders that took advantage of people, or it was the people who signed the contract that clearly stated they were buying into an adjustable rate mortgage, but just didn’t care.…

Obama leadership – energy prices will skyrocket

By Steve McGough / November 2, 2008 /

Conservatives did not suggest this, Obama himself suggests it. If you want to encourage research and development into new energy sources, forcing additional regulations on energy companies is the wrong approach.

Catholic Church regulation bill pulled

By Steve McGough / March 10, 2009 /

The Hartford Courant has just posted a news item concerning SB 1098 here. The hearing scheduled for March 11 (tomorrow) has been canceled. The Courant has more. A controversial bill that would change the way the Catholic church governs itself has been pulled and a public hearing planned Wednesday on the issue postponed until its…

French Plan to Regulate Line Dancing

By Steve McGough / June 29, 2008 / Comments Off on French Plan to Regulate Line Dancing

When it comes to stories out of France, you really do not have to try hard to find a good laugh. Although the countries new president seems to have his head on straight, that does not mean that the civil servants even have a brain. Country line dancing has become a big hit in the…