Economy
Callous feds refuse gas tax relief
As gas prices continue rising steadily and consumers are paying more every time they visit the pump, Americans are warming up to the idea of a gas tax holiday. Meanwhile, the typical elites, big government bureaucrats, and leftist pols are lining up to oppose this common sense approach to dealing with the financial pinch we […]
Walking the Road that Buckley Built
Conservative writer and PGN contributor Michael Johns argues that modern conservatism owes much of its success to William F. Buckley, Jr., who built conservatism as an alternative to the Great Society’s vast expansion of federal governmental control and built conservatism as the most consequential political and intellectual movement of modern times.
Why McCain would Win Over Obama - An Election Framework
I wrote this very hastily since my time has been severely limited with my studies and work. While it lacks eloquence (or even gramatical correctness), I believe that the points I attempt to make are valid and deserve consideration on the Obama momentum
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Now that John McCain has clearly claimed the front runner title […]
Charlie Wilson’s War Was Really America’s War
If there exists one visional depiction of the Cold War’s end, it is still a Eurocentric one, November 9, 1989, the day East Berliners joined with those of the city’s West in celebration of the Berlin Wall’s demise. Three weeks earlier, on October 19, 1989, Stalinist East German dictator Erich Honecker, facing mass internal opposition, […]
How We Got to $286 Billion in Corporate Welfare: A Short History of Farm Subsidies
One of the bills Congress still has to vote on is the mammoth $286 billion Farm Bill. Farm subsidies have not always been a part of the federal budget. There was a time that the federal government understood and respected the Constitutional role it had in agriculture. That all changed with Herbert […]
San Francisco Screws Small Businesses
Francisco not only screws small businesses, but their workers too.
“How could that be?” you Liberals ask. “Don’t you know that San Francisco is the nearest thing to Heaven that has ever graced this planet, and undoubtedly the Universe?”
“Muslims have Mecca. Liberals have San Francisco.”
The news of San Francisco’s callous regard for […]
Of Dollars and Dragons
From the Telegraph:
China threatens ‘nuclear option’ of dollar sales The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation. Two officials at leading Communist Party bodies have […]
CARBONated Bottle Water
Bottled water is a huge industry and a huge waste of money and resources. No matter which way you look at it, bottled water is harmful to the environment and the economy.
Drinking tap water instead of bottled water is one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the amount […]
April Revenue Shower
Here’s the “surge” you aren’t reading about: the continuing flood of tax revenue into the federal Treasury. Tax receipts for April were $70 billion above the same month in 2006, and April 24 marked the single biggest day of tax collections in U.S. history, at $48.7 billion, according to the latest Treasury report.The April comparison […]
Me and Mr. Jones
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep ancient lands, your […]
Hold Onto Your Wallets: Here Comes “Free” Health Care!
“I do not believe you can have universal health care without having a source of revenue.” These were the words uttered by presidential hopeful John Edwards on Saturday, March 24 when questioned about whether or not it is possible to have universal health care without an accompanying tax hike.
John Edwards, the wealthy former United States […]
Wealth vs. Commonwealth
“The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their little revenue is spent in getting it. The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal expense of the rich, and a magnificent house embellishes and sets off to the best […]
American Economics for Dummies: A Response to Economics 101
Initially I was going to post a good and long comment in response to yesterday’s publicly submitted piece that boasted about the successes of the Bush tax cuts. However, once I had eclipsed a few hundred words in that comment, it became clear to me that a full article was more suitable. Without further ado, […]
Economics 101
If you were to listen to the mainstream press from the Northeast, for example, or to the mainstream commentary, or to democrats, you would think that the President’s tax cuts were basically a benefit to the wealthy in America at the detriment to those who are not so wealthy. That’s the basic theme — class […]
