Muth’s Truths: March 31, 2017
On one side of this ObamaCare issue are conservatives and conservative organizations such as the House Freedom Caucus and Club for Growth that opposed House Speaker Paul Ryan’s “ObamaCare Lite” version of repeal-and-replace, arguing, essentially, that it did neither. On the other hand, you have conservatives such as Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform […]
Muth’s Truths: March 30, 2017
I Love the Smell of Nuclear Waste in the Morning! Here are three realities as they relate to the Yucca Mountain Project… 1.) Nuclear waste – in the form of “pellets,” not green goo oozing from under the lids of steel canisters – is piling up at the nation’s nuclear reactors and has to go […]
Las Vegas City Staff: Trust Us, We’re Not Gonna Be the “Lemonade Stand Police”
How many kids do you know who started a business at the age of 3 ½? Ryan Hickman of San Juan Capistrano, CA visited a recycling center when he was a toddler. The next day he proudly announced to his dad, “My new business! I’m going to pick up all the cans and bottles from […]
Muth’s Truths: March 29, 2017
Among all the other lessons the political “experts” and conventional wisdom need to learn is that a successful businessman and serial entrepreneur isn’t the same as a community organizer. The old rules simply don’t apply – and that includes the definition of “failure.” Barack Obama was the textbook definition of failure. Everything he touched turned […]
I Love the Smell of Nuclear Waste in the Morning!
Here are three realities as they relate to the Yucca Mountain Project… 1.) Nuclear waste – in the form of “pellets,” not green goo oozing from under the lids of steel canisters – is piling up at the nation’s nuclear reactors and has to go “somewhere” else. 2.) The law of the land – rightly […]
Competition Works in Both Insurance AND Trash Collection
I just re-learned a lesson about free-market competition yesterday that every member of the Las Vegas City Council should bear in mind before it rubber-stamps a 15-year, no bid monopoly franchise agreement extension for trash pickup by Republic Services at next week’s meeting. We’ve been in our Las Vegas home for eight years now. Travelers […]
Conservative Coalition Urges Congressional Support for Sugar Reform Proposal
A coalition of free-market conservative leaders and organizations today submitted a letter to Members of Congress urging support for Rep. Ted Yoho’s (R-Fla) “Zero for Zero” proposal designed to reform current U.S. sugar policy. While critics of the current program of targeted tariffs and import quotas have called for immediate and unilateral elimination of the […]
Muth’s Truths: March 28, 2017
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump once said U.S. airports “are like from a third-world country.” Privatization, including air traffic control, is a way to boost infrastructure spending to address that problem and provide a more efficient air transportation system. As Republicans continue their campaign to make America great again, they should consider getting […]
Las Vegas Staff Workshop Shines a Little Light on Trash Pickup Controversy
I attended a Las Vegas city staff workshop Monday morning in which the proposed extension of Republic Services’ residential and commercial monopoly franchise contract was discussed. From a process point of view, here’s how this could play out… Next Wednesday the Las Vegas City Council will meet to hear and discuss – with public comment […]
Exposing Big Candy’s 3 Big Whoppers
It’s no secret that lobbyists for America’s largest sweets companies have been on a mission to unilaterally eliminate the U.S. sugar policy of moderate tariffs and import quotas on foreign producers that “cheat” and distort the market with government subsidies. But in their relentless PR campaigns and lobbying efforts, Big Candy asserts three big arguments […]
Muth’s Truths: March 25, 2017
Don’t…panic. The failure of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to pass an ObamaCare repeal bill on Friday was not a failure of President Donald Trump. It was a failure of House Speaker Paul Ryan, a policy “wonk” who’s been working on this repeal effort for seven years now. Granted, it’s a tough balancing act. Just […]
Muth’s Truths: March 24, 2017
If congressional Republicans don’t get their $#!& together and pass something that repeals ObamaCare as promised, or at least starts us down the road toward repealing ObamaCare, make no mistake… We, the people, are gonna blame CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS, not President Donald Trump. This will be a failure by the legislative GOP, not the White House. […]
Republic Services Can and Does Compete…Everywhere But Southern Nevada
For some reason some people seem to think it would be “rude” to ask Republic Services to actually compete for the 12-to-15-year, $1 billion-plus monopoly franchise contract to pick up residential and commercial trash in Las Vegas. But the reality is, Republic is not only quite accustomed to competing for business outside of southern Nevada […]
Muth’s Truths: March 23, 2017
Now here’s a pleasant surprise you don’t see every day… Long wait times in the doctor’s office is a burden most of us have simply learned to begrudgingly accept. And if you think the wait times are long now, wait until universal health care takes root if Republicans blow this last opportunity to kill ObamaCare […]
Las Vegas Trash Fight Heats Up on Campaign Trail
Efforts by the City of Las Vegas to grant Republic Services a new 15-year NO BID extension of its monopoly franchise contract for residential and commercial trash collection – which would cut residents’ twice-a-week pickup to once a week with no reduction in monthly service fees – has become a campaign issue in municipal elections […]
Yoho’s Zero-for-Zero Proposal Should also be Applied to Drug Importation
An op-ed defending U.S. sugar policy by the American Sugar Alliance (ASA) this week published by KTIC Radio out of Nebraska will be dismissed by some as self-serving. However, just because the organization is defending its industry doesn’t automatically make their positions and arguments wrong. In fact, their arguments also can be applied to the […]
Muth’s Truths: March 22, 2017
Wait a minute… We have a government system in place called “e-Verify” that confirms whether or not someone is legally eligible to work in this country. So please explain why we don’t have a similar system to verify whether or not someone is legally eligible to VOTE in this country. What am I missing here? […]