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The White House recently released a video, narrated by Austan Goolsbee of the Council of Economic Advisers, asserting that higher tax rates on the so-called rich would be a good idea. Since Goolsbee’s video made so many unsubstantiated assertions and was guilty of so many sins of omission, here’s a rebuttal video, narrated by yours truly. This new Center for Freedom and Prosperity video includes the full footage of the White House production, so viewers can decide for themselves which side is correct. This rebuttal video, incidentally, only scratches the surface. There was not enough time to cite the wealth...

Britain should drastically reduce the growth of air travel to bring greenhouse gas emissions within levels that will avoid dangerous climate change, a report by leading environmental scientists said Wednesday. Air travel has boomed in recent years thanks largely to cheaper flights, and the government predicts that the number of air passengers in Britain will more than double by 2020. But aviation is a major source of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, because planes burn huge amounts of fossil fuels at high altitudes. The government says it wants a 60 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, compared...

RNC RESEARCH Who Is John Kerry? A Massachusetts Liberal Out Of Touch With America. “Kerry is . . . a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the resolution approving the start of ground operations against Saddam Hussein in 1991 -- just what you would expect from Ted Kennedy’s partner and Michael Dukakis’s running mate . . . .” (David S. Broder, “Testing The ‘04 Waters,” The Washington Post, June 5, 2002) THE FACTS ABOUT SENATOR JOHN KERRY (D-MA) KERRY: A NORTHEASTERN LIBERAL AND DUKAKIS’S LT. GOV. WHO VOTES LOCKSTEP WITH TED...