phil kerpen

Sick of Cable TV Fees? The FCC Could Help.
If you "cut the cord" and switch from cable TV to streaming services, you will probably notice a big difference in price, thanks to that long section of your bill with taxes and fees either being gone completely or dramatically slimmed down...
Trump’s FCC Could Make WiFi Great Again
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao did the right thing when she put the brakes on the Obama administration's regulatory mandate that would have forced an expensive technology called dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) in all new cars and tru..
Don’t Import Foreign Price Controls – Break Them
Americans are justifiably angry that we pay the highest prescription drugs prices in the world ,' anger President Trump tapped into on the campaign trail. The rest of the world free-rides on our innovation...
What Trump Should Do About Electric Vehicle Subsidies
President Trump recently tweeted that he wanted to end subsidies for General Motors "including for electric cars...
Senate Republicans Are Blocking Trump Appointments
President Trump has hundreds of unfilled presidentially-appointed positions because Democrats have stalled the nominations process out as much as their diminished power in the post-nuclear Senate has allowed...
Democrats Voted to Take Health Care Away from Millions
When Republicans vote against coverage expansions, that's the headline. I'll explain...
Mulvaney Should Lift Cloud from Student Loan Trusts
On his way out the door, former Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection chief Richard Cordray signed off on a shockingly corrupt settlement agreement that could have widespread negative consequences for student loan borrowers (and more broadly for co..
Trump is Right to End Obama’s Fuel Economy Scheme
Obama's astonishing takeover of the automobile industry was accomplished through a process even more corrupt than his takeover of the health care sector...
GOP Can’t Appease the Left Caving on Key Issues
Two House Republicans have chosen to capitulate on major agenda items on the liberal left - and are learning a familiar lesson the hard way...
Nanny Bloomberg Wants to Tax the World’s Poor
While erstwhile Republican mayor Mike Bloomberg's pledge to spend $80 million this year to elect Democrats has garnered headlines, another paternalistic effort of his is less noticed but likely more consequential...
Democrat Net Neutrality Plan is Really About Raising Taxes
The 2015 Obama FCC order reducing the Internet to a regulated public utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act was marketed as protecting net neutrality - even though the DC Circuit Court of Appeals expressly held that any ISP that blocke..
Farm Bill Should Reform More Than Food Stamps
Republicans are set to move landmark welfare reform in this year's farm bill, which includes language requiring able-bodied adults to work or participate in a job training program to be eligible for food stamps...