Ross Marchand
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'Medicare for all' would fail coronavirus patients
Tempers predictably flared at Sunday's Democratic debate between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden as the two presidential contenders sparred over how best to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Multiemployer pensions take center stage in 2020
As the primary season gets underway, one candidate, President Trump, doesn’t seem particularly worried about which presidential hopeful wins which state. He has a strong economic record to run on and he can seemingly easily expose the follies of his opponents’ big government plans. But he has a potential Achilles' heel: failing multiemployer pension plans. Unless Trump embraces a sensible… → Read More
What visiting Tehran taught me about war with Iran
Right now, no one really knows what will become of rapidly-deteriorating U.S.-Iran relations. → Read More
Yes, families need USPS, but USPS needs real reform
Like most Americans, actor Danny Glover has a warm place in his heart for the United States Postal Service. Writing in USA Today on July 11, Glover waxes nostalgic about how the USPS (then the Post Office) helped his father James get a leg-up in the workforce (in the 1950s and 1960s) and strengthened his community on the whole. Unfortunately, he uses this idyllic image as a springboard to rail… → Read More
It's hard to find good olive oil, and the USDA is making it harder
Grocery shelf placement of products is a deeply studied science. The competition for a front and eye level location on a shelf at a grocery store can be intense, as thousands of companies struggle to make their products visible and attractive to consumers. Another competitive advantage: labels attesting to product quality and healthiness. These are a dime a dozen, but they can make or break the… → Read More
Tackle transportation woes by steering toward pilot projects
America has a pavement problem. In 2017, substandard conditions on America’s urban roads caused an average of nearly $600 in repair costs per vehicle. → Read More
Taxpayers forced to foot the bill for UN sex crimes
Regardless of where it’s done and who does it, there is simply no excuse for sexual harassment. → Read More
Congress should come to its senses and end the census
In the midst of a weekslong shutdown and a furloughed, demoralized federal workforce, the U.S. Census Bureau has been sitting pretty. It has up to two months of carryover funding, and it recently got a new head in former Peace Corps senior bureaucrat Steven Dillingham. Dillingham’s unanimous Senate… → Read More
Healthcare pricing mandates are no substitute for shopping around
It's easy to pay without thinking twice. On trips to the supermarket, consumers can see the price of any product and decide whether or not to buy accordingly, forcing sellers to keep costs as low as possible. A consumer who wouldn’t think much of a $2 price tag for a dozen eggs wouldn’t buy the same product for $20. → Read More
NASA’s new missions: Short on insights, high on costs
Taxpayers justifiably balk at giving money to Uncle Sam without a clear purpose in mind. When free-market groups and lawmakers publish long compendia of wasteful government spending, the line-items are typically over-the-top and bereft of purpose. → Read More
Lame-duck Congress must avoid extending the electric vehicle tax credit
The old Congress’ days are numbered, with only a few weeks’ worth of legislative meetings scheduled before the new Congress is sworn in in January. Yet, these few days must be productive enough to secure 2019 fiscal year appropriations and resolve deep-seated differences across the aisle. In the… → Read More
Beware the lame-duck Congress
If Predictit and other leading forecasters are right, the days of a Republican-controlled House are numbered. And if the Democrats win back the majority on Nov. 6, the defeated incumbents will go into the post-election Congress with little to lose. Welcome to the lame-duck session. → Read More
Uncle Sam is all-in on expensive, impractical batteries
For proponents of government-backed renewable energy, utilities are little more than a midwife to a battery-charged future. The reason is that solar and wind power are intermittent, with plenty of seasonal and time-of-day variation that doesn't match the needs of consumers at any given moment. → Read More
Kill, don’t expand, tax subsidies for electric vehicles
The federal government can’t help but get wrapped up in the tech sector, placing ludicrously large bets on boondoggles that benefit few at the expense of many. → Read More
Disability insurance is failing the most vulnerable and needs to be reformed
For decades, Social Security reform has been branded the “third rail” of American politics. Although the retirement part of the program remains taboo even when Republicans control all branches of government, the whole program is not off limits to reform. → Read More
Does size matter in healthcare?
A few years ago, Forbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes made the simple, yet powerful, point that the “capitalist” American healthcare system pays little heed to the consumer. In a 2016 interview with My Central Jersey, Forbes pointed out that “not even the crummiest motel would put you in a room with… → Read More
Electric buses will only leave cities seeing red
According to green energy advocates, U.S. cities are on the cusp of large-scale electric bus purchases, paving the way for a greener and zero-emissions future. This year, for instance, San Francisco committed to a fully-electric vehicle fleet by 2035, before testing electric buses on the hilly routes of the city. San Francisco is hardly alone; Seattle signed onto an international pledge to only… → Read More
Instead of Carbon Taxes, Lawmakers Should Lessen Federal Footprint
In the days since Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) introduced new carbon tax legislation, limited government advocates have set about criticizing what they see as a misguided scheme. Many have decried the carbon tax as an ineffective environmental policy that would come at a gargantuan cost to low-income Americans, while others fault it for creating more federal bureaucracy and producing… → Read More
A carbon tax would be a costly failure
The sobering conclusion: Economic realities will likely doom a carbon tax to fail. → Read More
Arbitration Can Deliver Justice to Consumers
When signing a job contract, checking into a hotel, or signing a contract to a nursing home, the small details (usually in the middle of the paperwork) can prove the most important part of any agreement. Dispute resolution clauses are often brushed aside because, why read about unpleasant legal proceedings when compensation and benefits clauses are front and center on page 1? → Read More