In some egregious cases, cities built new stadiums even while their citizens were still paying off old stadiums that had since closed. This is corporate welfare run amok, and a gross misuse of American citizens' tax money - something the government must treat with respect.
Why should 'big sports' get tax breaks that businesses and families across America don't get?
The black market poses a greater risk to the integrity of sports than open, visible, and regulated betting.
We are a nation of laws, not department-wide memos.
We shouldn't tell prosecutors to 'pick and choose' what laws to uphold.
When Federal law conflicts with state laws and the will of the American people, it's time to change the laws, not circulate edicts.
The reality of climate change is a stupid thing to argue about.
The USRTA recognizes that the United States is the largest importer of goods even as it maintains, on average, the lowest combination of tariffs and nontariff barriers of any of its major trading partners.
Holding Congressional hearings is the purview of the majority, and during the first years of the Obama administration, Democrats could not be bothered.
Unilaterally disarming the American economy through crushing regulations will empower Washington but few others.
We should not be a party that is opposed to science.
I don't understand what Republicans have to gain from appearing like we're mean to gay people.
While I unconditionally support the First Amendment, inciting violence against others due to their political affiliation is not constitutionally protected speech.
Democrats justify anything they do against Trump as being righteous, even if it's morally wrong or even if it's illegal, because they're so driven to stop Trump.
If you are anonymous, you are a less capable disrupter.
I don't even think the biggest divide is between Republicans and Democrats. I think it's between institutionalists and reformers.
Bureaucrats lodged deep in agencies slow the impact of Trump's demands. Low-level staffers leak private meetings. The Department of Justice has gone rogue. The Swamp, it turns out, fights back.
Typically, members of Congress don't just hear a story about a program and indicate whether they support it or not.
Climate change isn't something people get to choose to believe or not: it's happening.
If we become better with carbon capture technology, I think we can start a global trend toward carbon awareness.
