Recently I wrote a column that brought objections from some readers, which indicates the issue needs be more deeply dissected. What responsibilities should recipients of transfer payments have, if any, and what rights should they give up to those who pay? In choosing to transfer money from one group of people to another, for whatever [...]
Jails (not to be confused with prisons) exist for two purposes. One is to house those people who by dint of their anti-social proclivities alienate themselves from society. The second, less commonly understood, is to house those people who find themselves unable to cope normally with society, yet do not commit anti-social actions. We generally [...]
Let us thank the Tea Party. Finally, a group of representatives who stand up for the taxpayers and the American Way of Life. What they have done is historical and outstanding. In the face of threats, lies, prognostications of impending financial doom and the world coming to an end, they stood their ground. An apt [...]
According to those who usually report on the employment reports put out by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, June wasn’t such a great month. Maybe not, but then, maybe so. Consider that local, state, and federal government employment was down 39,000 people while employment overall was up by 18,000. This means government employment is [...]
Crisis. Everything’s a crisis anymore. As political leaders in Washington seek a resolution to the restrictions posed by the Debt Limit, we are told it’s a crisis. Where is the crisis? Isn’t global warming a crisis? Isn’t HIV a crisis? We had (have) a subprime crisis. How many crises can we take? Maybe this really [...]
As the United States and its state and local governments wander around the edge of a financial abyss, one can only be amused by the some of the economists. Economics is touted as a science yet if it is a science why is there such a diversity of opinion? There is one team of economists [...]
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, is the federal government’s latest foray into the medical field. Actually the intrusion is into the field of medical insurance and pharmaceuticals. The field of medicine is only indirectly affected. Generally the purpose seems to be one of allowing or requiring as many people [...]
One has to understand the editors at the Charlotte Observer: They use their bully pulpit to advocate whatever they dreamed of the night before. Being dreams, there is no requirement of rational, consistent thought; only whatever makes them feel good at the moment. Two recent pieces remind us of this truth. On Friday, May13th, one [...]
The unfortunate case of Mr. Bob Barber, whose life was ended by the actions of Mr. Chauncey Sterling, has brought to the top of the froth the usual apologizers and social guilt mongers. As always their question is: How did we fail Mr. Sterling? What should we do different in the future? What can we [...]
A friend told me an acquaintance of hers (Alan the liberal) could list many reasons why he will vote for Obama again. On the other side reasons come up weekly, if not daily, about why those who love freedom should fear the radical, totalitarian, activist who has become president of the United States. So as [...]
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