Dear Members of Congress:
We, the members of the Coalition Against Socialized Medicine (CASM), a coalition of leading conservative and free-market organizations representing millions of taxpayers, patients, and voters, urge members of Congress to oppose price-setting schemes such as those found in H.R. 3, a retread of the so-called “Lower Drug Costs Now Act” from the previous Congress. Such dangerous, far-left drug pricing schemes would ultimately lead to a socialist system that includes access restrictions and a flight of biopharmaceutical innovation from the U.S., depriving America’s patients of the life-saving treatments and cures of tomorrow.
Price-setting schemes like H.R.3 would ultimately allow bureaucrats in foreign countries to determine what Americans pay for and how they access their medicines. A look at the health care systems in foreign countries with price-setting schemes reveals their dire, real-world impacts on patients – and what potentially awaits American
Commentary: Johnny Kampis - Heavy-handed internet regulations have failed users
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A new report debunks claims that the heavily regulated internet of the European Union has resulted in a superior experience for its consumers. Instead, that study finds the U.S. bests the EU in both broadband deployment and adoption, showing that the lighter touch approach has yielded better results.
The report from U.S. Telecom found a stark difference in broadband development between the two, with wider gaps at faster speeds. For example, the U.S. leads the EU in deployment by 12 percentage points at download speeds of 30 Megabits per second and 25 percentage points at speeds greater than 100 Mbps. In adoption, the U.S. leads by more than 9 percentage points at 30 Mbps and more than 21 percentage points at speeds greater than 100 Mbps.
Entered an online contest lately? Congrats! You could have unwittingly supported the repeal of net neutrality.
In 2017, the Trump-era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) solicited public comments over whether it should repeal the Obama-era rule that established net neutrality (which it did in 2018). Net neutrality is the concept that internet providers have to treat all website traffic equally, and can t create fast lanes or slow lanes for different companies and customers.Â
New information in a report from the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has revealed how people on both sides of the issue manipulated the digital comment submission process.
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May 3, 2021
We, the undersigned 36 organizations, representing millions of taxpayers and consumers across the United States, strongly urge you to reject any proposed ban on menthol flavored cigarettes or other flavored tobacco products. The evidence clearly demonstrates that, if enacted, this proposal would have disastrous consequences for civil liberties, provide a boon for criminal syndicates, and depress state government revenue while doing nothing to reduce smoking rates.
If this proposal were to be enacted, it is inevitable that it would lead to further confrontations between individuals and law enforcement and break down trust even further. In addition, by diverting law enforcement resources to preventing the sale of menthol cigarettes, this policy will reduce the resources available for the prevention and solving of property and violent crimes.
Biden seeks to end costly war in Afghanistan
By Daniel Savickas - Contributing columnist
Later this year, America will mark the 20-year anniversary of its invasion of Afghanistan. Last week, President Joe Biden announced he will move to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by mid-September. Even a cursory analysis of the human cost of this war and the cost to the American taxpayer shows that this is a prudent move by the administration. President Biden should stay firm and resist the critics calling for further delays of this long overdue move.
According to official statistics given by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. has spent $822 billion on its occupation of Afghanistan since October 2001. However, this already lofty figure represents only money spent directly in Afghanistan. It does not count money spent on forces and bases in neighboring Pakistan used to conduct operations in Afgha