Chris Edwards President Trump’s anti-market impulses are taking center stage this week with his damaging tariff policies. But the president is occasionally supportive of pro-market reforms, such as his remarks on possibly privatizing the US Postal Service (USPS). A Trump reform push would be welcome because the USPS is an ailing dinosaur in the modern digital economy. The figure below shows that USPS revenues are a shrinking part of gross domestic product (GDP). While revenues from packages and […]
During the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, Trump confidant Elon Musk claimed that the Social Security Administration (SSA) was plagued by “immense waste” and “extreme levels of fraud.” He further alleged that more than 20 million Americans over age 100 receive Social Security checks. Social Security is the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program that provides monthly benefits for retirement, disability, survivorship, and death to about 68 million Americans, including survivors and dependents. I […]
Jeffrey A. Singer Below is an excerpt of the new book Your Body, Your Health Care (Cato Institute 2025) by Jeffrey A. Singer, MD, a senior fellow in Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, a practicing surgeon, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. INTRODUCTION As a general surgeon, when patients consult me for health problems and I determine that an operation would help solve their problem, I explain, in plain English and avoiding medical […]
Nunca permita que cortem suas asas, estreite seus horizontes e tire suas estrelas do céu. Nunca deixe que teus medos sejam maiores que tua vontade de voar, pois o valor da vida esta nos sonhos que lutamos pra conquistar. E não se importe com o que as pessoas dizem ou quanto tempo vai levar. Acredite em voce mesmo e você irá almejar e conquistar o que Deus já te abençoou a alcançar!
SEJA INTELIGENTE E JAMAIS DEIXE DE PENSAR E AGRADECER À TODAS AS COISAS RUINS , QUE TE FIZERAM SOFRER , POIS COM O FOCO BEM DIRECIONADO , ELAS SEMPRE LHE TRARÃO SABEDORIA E FORÇA …
Last week, a federal judge rejected the government’s motion to dismiss our Privacy Act lawsuit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE). OPM is disclosing to DOGE agents the highly sensitive personal information of tens of millions of federal employees, retirees, and job applicants. This disclosure violates the federal Privacy Act, a watershed law that tightly limits how the federal government can use our personal information. We represent two […]
No começo de abril, o presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), ministro Luís Roberto Barroso, antecipou sua viagem a Trancoso (BA) em voo oficial da Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) para curtir o fim de semana na famosa praia do litoral baiano. Inicialmente, a viagem estava programada para coincidir com sua participação no Congresso Internacional de Direito Tributário, entre os dias 7 e 9 deste mês, no Clube Med Trancoso. Portanto, o voo deveria sair na manhã de segunda-feira […]