The Morality of Capitalism

By Audrey Pietrucha

Audrey Pietrucha

For some time now capitalism has served as the world’s favorite piñata. The blame is misplaced since most of our economic troubles are not the result of laissez-faire economics but the antithesis: market intervention and manipulation. In reality, capitalism and free markets are responsible for and supportive of much of what we value in our lives, our relationships and our society. For those who love

New NFIB Study on Credit Access: Small Business Won’t Recover Fully Until Real Estate Recovers

NFIB: Small Business, Credit Access, and a Lingering Recession

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 16, 2012 — A new study examining small-business access to credit reveals that even while the (slow) economic recovery sent demand for credit on an upward trajectory in 2011, the real estate overhang continues to depress small-business growth and curb capacity to borrow. In 2011, the number of small employers obtaining credit from financial institutions was approximately the same as the two years prior. However, demand for credit increased in 2011, meaning more small employers were shut out of the credit market than in prior years.

The study emphasizes the impact of real estate markets on small businesses. It is a significant

‘Occupy Occupy D.C. Smoke-In’ Set for Thursday

David Almasi, Executive Director, National Center for Public Policy Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., the home to an Occupy D.C. encampment since last September, will be the venue for the enjoyment of tasty cigars and insightful discussion about flawed federal and state regulations of tobacco products on Thursday, February 16.

The “Great Occupy Occupy D.C. Smoke-In” will be held from 11:15 AM until 12:30 PM on the eastern end of Freedom Plaza (13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW). In the case of inclement weather, call (703) 568-4727 for the alternate location.

“Regulations are supposed to make us safer,” said David

AMAC Tells GOP Candidates: ‘Seniors Feel The Pain of President Obama’s Energy Policies’

The Administration Dithers While China and Cuba Tap Our Own Oil Resources

 

Dan Weber, president and founder of AMAC

OHEMIA, NY, – “Older Americans are getting clobbered by the Obama Administration’s energy policies aimed at steadily increasing gasoline prices until they reach ‘the levels in Europe’,” according to Dan Weber, president and founder of the Association of Mature American Citizens . Mr. Obama’s aim is to wean America off of fossil fuels in favor of green projects, he explained.

Weber has issued a challenge to the candidates running in the Republican primaries and caucuses in the coming

U.S. Nuclear Industry Achieves Strong Performance Despite Many Challenges

Nuclear Energy Institute president and chief executive officer Marv Fertel. Photo:NEI

NEW YORK — America’s nuclear energy facilities operated safely and reliably in 2011, with solid performance in electricity production and operating efficiency in spite of a year of numerous challenges from natural events in the United States and Japan.

In a briefing sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the industry told Wall Street financial analysts recently that U.S. nuclear power plants were subjected in 2011 to extreme weather events that included a series of tornadoes, a major hurricane, Midwest flooding and an unusually large East Coast earthquake. But through all of these events, America’s nuclear energy facilities either continued operating or shut down safely when necessary.

AbortionDocs.org Surpasses 1,000 Document Uploads Detailing Abortion Abuses

Washington, D.C.– Pro-Life Nation announces that its ground-breaking new website, AbortionDocs.org has passed 1,000 document uploads. Abortion Docs.org is the most up-to-date database of existing abortion businesses and providers in the United States that