Beware the Coming Bailouts of Europe
Ron Paul
The economic establishment in this country has come to the conclusion that it is not a matter of "if" the United States must intervene in the bailout of the euro, but simply a question of "when" and "how". Newspaper articles and editorials are full of assertions that the breakup of the euro would result in a worldwide depression, and that economic assistance to Europe is the only way to stave off this calamity.

A Balanced Plan for a Balanced Budget
Jon Kyl
Washington has a spending problem. A big one. Indeed, the federal government now borrows more than 40 cents of every dollar it spends, and our $15 trillion debt -- now larger than our entire economy -- only continues to grow. Our fiscal position is clearly unsustainable; unless we do something about it, the rising tide of debt will overwhelm our economy, destroy jobs, and ruin the American dream for future generations.

One Year on the Health Subcommittee
Joe Pitts
Last year at this time, my colleagues appointed me to lead the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. After years of hard work in the House, it is an honor to be able to lead a subcommittee that is doing important work improving health care for all Americans. The federal government’s involvement in health care was already significant before last year’s new health care law, the Affordable Care Act.

Maggie
Jon Kyl
You may have heard that Meryl Streep is set to play Margaret Thatcher in a film due out later this month. Whether the movie will depict Maggie fairly, I cannot say. What I do know is that the Iron Lady earned her title through an unmatched record of determination and uncommon strength, and I think now -- more than ever -- our country can find inspiration in what she did. In the 1970s, Britain was a country in decline.

No Mandatory Mental Health Screening for Children!
Ron Paul
Maryanne Godboldo, a mother in Michigan, noticed that pills prescribed by her daughter's doctor were making her condition worse, not better. So Mrs. Godboldo stopped giving them to her. That's when the trouble began. When Child Protective Services (CPS) bureaucrats became aware that the girl was not receiving her prescribed medication, they decided the child should be taken away from her mother's custody on grounds of medical neglect.

Euro Crisis Destabilizing the Dollar
Ron Paul
In response to pressure from Wall Street, the White House and central banks in Europe, the Federal Reserve last week drastically cut interest rates for currency swaps to benefit troubled European banks. This will flood world markets with more dollars and will soon mean rising prices for every American at the grocery store.

China is a Terrible Model for the U.S.
Joe Pitts
This week, Andy Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union wrote an editorial in the Wall Street Journal entitled "China’s Superior Economic Model." The byline of the editorial is "The free-market fundamentalist economic model is being thrown onto the trash heap of history." Stern claims that China’s model of central government planning is the future.