by Eric Lotke | Jun 11, 2009 | Blog
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched yesterday “a sweeping national advocacy campaign … to defend and advance America’s free enterprise values in the face of rapid government growth and attacks by anti-business activists.” The Chamber of Commerce doesn’t get it. They...
by Eric Lotke | May 27, 2009 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The wind is at our backs. The media still calls America a “center-right” nation, but “center-left” is closer to the truth. On issues ranging from health care to energy, the public is more progressive than people think. Demographic groups from youth to Hispanics are...
by Eric Lotke | May 22, 2009 | Blog
I just finished a new novel, 2044. 2044 starts where George Orwell’s 1984 left off. The problem isn’t Big Brother and the leviathan government. The problem is Big Brother Inc., and the all-powerful marketplace. Orwell was right for his time, of course. Europe lay in...
by Eric Lotke | May 8, 2009 | Blog
Obama has introduced his budget, and people are hyperventilating about the deficit. Piling “debt on the backs of our kids and our grandkids,” declares House minority leader John Boehner (R-Ohio). "Bloated," exclaims Democrat Evan Bayh of Nebraska. With all the...
by Eric Lotke | Apr 13, 2009 | Blog
Tax day is coming, and people are sad. But the problem isn’t taxes. The problem is fairness. Who pays taxes, and who gets the benefits. Today the Institute for America's Future publishes a new report that documents what we already know. The tax code is unfair, tilted...
