One year ago, on June 1, President Trump announced that the U.S. would be withdrawing from the 2015 Paris Climate Treaty, or the Paris Accord. The significance of this wise and correct decision still rings true today. President Trump’s action removed the U.S. from an unrealistic goal of reducing carbon emissions that would have cost […]
California Gas Tax Increase Faces Voters
On November 6, 2018, Californians will elect their new governor, a U.S. Senator, 53 congressmen and women, 80 members of the State Assembly, and 20 state senators. For better or worse, as is usual in California, the ballot is likely also to contain numerous referendums. One of those questions will ask voters if they want […]
Feds Need to Protect Taxpayer Information Better
Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the risk online activities pose to privacy and data security following the Equifax data breach and Cambridge Analytica’s use of social media sites to collect information about potential voters. It is understandable that consumers are concerned about how private companies protect their information; what should be of greater concern […]
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Déjà vu All Over Again
On September 6, 2008, mortgage giants and government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into federal conservatorship in the wake of the housing market crash and global financial crisis. Nearly a decade later, neither the GSEs, the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA), nor Congress have offered any viable plans to unwind these […]
President Trump’s Blueprint to Lower Drug Costs: A Lot to Unpack
On Friday, May 11, President Trump released his report on what his administration will do to lower drug costs.
Creating a SMARTER Merger Review Process
The ongoing saga of the AT&T/Time Warner merger, and the April 29, 2018 announcement by T-Mobile and Sprint that they would begin merger proceedings underpin the need for a streamlined, consistent merger application process. Federal regulators must provide companies with procedural certainty and clarity that will benefit not only the companies involved but also consumers. Currently, the […]
The Net Neutrality Sham
Among the many problems with Sen. Ed Markey’s (D-Mass.) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO) is the gaping hole in privacy protection that will occur if the legislation is enacted into law. It is the one issue that supporters do not wish to be brought up or […]
NAFTA Negotiators Should Promote Strong IP Rights
As the May 18 deadline for negotiating a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) looms, negotiators should consider closely how intellectual property (IP) rights will be treated between the countries involved. According to the Global Innovation Policy Center’s (GIPC) 2018 International IP Index, which measures 50 countries against 40 IP indicators, the U.S. ranked […]
President Trump’s Drug Costs Proposals Coming Soon
The President has already made some good policy decisions and has offered other proposals that will help to lower drug costs.
New Jersey Politicians Argue About Which Taxes To Raise
There is a lesson to be learned from the dispute between political insiders in New Jersey that has unfolded over the last couple of months regarding raising taxes. Throughout 2017, gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy (D) pledged that, if elected, he would implement a millionaires’ tax in the state: a tax of 10.75 percent on all […]



