The president's plan is about wealth distribution from red to blue states, not about carbon dioxide

It is time to expose the flawed jobs reasoning behind President Obama's new carbon plan. 

President Obama’s recently proposed policies will do little to combat climate change — but they will do much for his political and economic objectives.

Join Zycher and a panel of experts to discuss the local and national implications of tax and expenditure limits.

Facing mounting fiscal pressures, many state and local governments have turned to self-imposed limits on taxation and spending. Despite their popularity, TELs have failed to live up to expectations.

Often described as the opening shot in the Reagan-era tax revolt, Prop 13 limited California’s property tax rates, but has it yielded greater fiscal discipline? What about tax and expenditure limits in other states?

In the past several decades, 30 states have introduced tax and expenditure limits to maintain fiscal discipline, but all evidence suggests that these laws are ineffective.

This event will explore the policy arguments from opposing perspectives on gas exports and feature a luncheon address by Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao, who has been an advocate for US natural gas exports.

A policy shift that weakens the link between taxes imposed and benefits received by definition yields wealth transfers, and the vast array of perverse incentives attendant upon them. 

 It would be tough to beat the draft legislation distributed last month by Representative Henry Waxman.His proposal for a "carbon-pollution fee" would impose a tax on about 7,000 "large emitters" of greenhouse gases.