Time to Stop Feeding the Tiger?

Time to Stop Feeding the Tiger?

By Patrick J. BuchananAs America grew in the 1800s from a republic of a few millions, whose frontier stopped at the Mississippi, into a world power, there were constant collisions with the world's greatest empire.In 1812, we declared war on Britain, tried to invade Canada and got our Capitol burned. In 1818, Andrew Jackson, on an expedition into Spanish Florida to put down renegade Indians Continue reading...

Abolish the Corporate Income Tax!

Abolish the Corporate Income Tax!

By Patrick J. BuchananSen. Carl Levin was aghast.Before his committee sat, unapologetic and uncontrite, Apple CEO Tim Cook, whose company had paid no U.S. corporate income taxes on the $74 billion it had earned abroad in recent years."Apple has sought the Holy Grail of tax avoidance," said Levin. "Apple has exploited an absurdity."Actually, Apple had done nothing wrong, except hire Continue reading...

Who Killed the Middle Class?

Who Killed the Middle Class?

By Patrick J. Buchanan"It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth -- a rising, thriving middle class."So said Barack Obama in his State of the Union.And for one of his ideas to reignite that engine, Republicans applauded."And tonight, I am announcing that we will launch talks on a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Continue reading...

The Fall of the House of Labor

The Fall of the House of Labor

By Patrick J. BuchananIn 1958, Senate Minority Leader William Knowland, his eye on the 1960 GOP nomination coveted by fellow Californian Richard Nixon, went home and declared for governor.Knowland's plan: Ride to victory on the back of Proposition 18, the initiative to make right-to-work the law in the Golden Land. Prop. 18 was rejected 2 to 1. Knowland's career was over, and the Continue reading...

Now Korea Is Cleaning Our Clock

By Patrick J. Buchanan"The entry into force of the U.S.-Korea trade agreement on March 15, 2012, means countless new opportunities for U.S. exporters to sell more made-in-America goods, services and agricultural products to Korean customers -- and to support more good jobs here at home."Thus did the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative rhapsodize about the potential of our new trade Continue reading...