Tag: The Closer
HUD’s race-based housing
A major goal of President Obama's second term is to use the brute force of government to reduce inequality. This played out in the struggle...
The Home Act
Maryland's HOME Act is legislation that would prohibit landlords and other property owners from declining Section 8 vouchers, deeming it discrimination based on "source...
Death and taxes
If you're planning on dying soon, you might want to hurry up. It's that other certainty of life you'll want to watch out for....
Clinton tax increases slowed growth
But what really happened after Clinton raised taxes? The historical record is clear, and it isn't what President Obama would have you believe. Clinton signed...
Why free enterprise is about morals, not materialism
For years, we thought we had won. After all, almost no self-respecting public figures call themselves socialists anymore. With the advent of the New...
Government regulation that actually works
OSHA has a long history of being attacked from all sides. While some criticize it for being too lenient, others routinely refer to it...
Building a strong foundation for a housing recovery
The federal government, which now owns or guarantees some 37 million mortgages because of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailouts, is forced to...
Apartment industry responds to President Obama’s real estate owned initiative
We are pleased to see the Administration explicitly recognizing the importance of rental housing in meeting our nation's housing needs through the Real-Estate Owned...
Federal Housing Authority poised to re-sink the economy
Whatever measure of truth there may have been in that cliche, the reality is that by refusing to accept the real estate correction as...
Why business despairs of Obama
Those who might help us escape are now being held back by the anti-business policies of President Barack Obama. Obama's administration predicted a V-shaped recovery,...
Home ownership may fall more than expected
Then JPMorgan CEO, Jamie Dimon, suggested that his bank could get out of the mortgage ownership business in the future. "Owning consumer assets may...
Government must step in to prevent rental housing shortage
Rents are starting to rise dramatically and in every major metropolitan area are expected to rise from 3 percent to 10 percent in 2011...
Does it really take Hercules to fix the federal budget deficit?
That got us thinking about Hercules and the budget. All we're talking about is how to ensure the government takes in enough money to...
Restoring America’s exceptionalism
Regulatory relief and reform To restore incentive and encourage growth we must reduce the regulatory burden on our economy. There is a place for regulations...
10 ways to supercharge the American economy
He's spot-on since Obama's progressive pottage has left us with a sluggish economy, unemployment over 9 percent and a 14.3 percent poverty rate—more poor...
