Peter Roff

Congress needs to take action, or your taxes will be going up
The latest data suggests a drop in energy prices may have tamed the inflation monster. What people think and what the data shows don’t always sync up...
Wall Street and the overdue ‘green agenda’ market correction
It's time to acknowledge that investments made based on ESG considerations – environmental policy, social justice concerns, and corporate governance issues – did not kick off the boom many Wall Streeters predicted it would...
A U.S. agency you’ve never heard of is destroying innovation
Recent and expected Supreme Court rulings regarding the authority of federal regulators have put the regulatory bureaucracy in the spotlight. Some, like the U. International Trade Commission, are begging to have their wings clipped...
Reform the FDA before it kills us
The human capacity for processing information is limited. It's not that the voters are dumb, far from it...
Price controls pad health industry profits
Though policymakers are seldom willing to admit it, some policy ideas are so dumb they should only be mentioned as examples of what not to do. However, just behind that is the idea that government price controls work...
Don’t crash the U.S. auto market by forcing us to buy EVs
About 20 years ago, the belief that commercially-significant quantities of fuel blends containing organic materials would soon be available led to the passage of alternative fuel requirements...
American education is getting better
Fear of the COVID virus may be largely gone, but the consequences of the mistakes made trying to combat its spread will be with us for a long time...
Woke investing may threaten your retirement security
More than a few economists predicted a period of record economic growth would follow the end of the lockdowns associated with the pandemic...
Does the IRS want you? Probably.
In its infinite wisdom – or lack thereof – Congress recently gave the U. Internal Revenue Service $80 billion in new funding as part of the Inflation Reduction Act before the agency had a plan for spending it...
You can’t tax your way back to prosperity
It’s tax season again and, with the possible exception of President Joe Biden and a few members of Congress, we’re not happy about it. Biden thinks that’s a problem, even though tax revenues soared as a result of the lower rates...
Are the regulatory burdens we put on businesses worth it?
It’s budget time again – and the one President Joe Biden proposed is a beaut!..
Is AARP putting profits over the interests of its members?
Washington is full of groups that claim to represent the interests of the American people...

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