Ms. Fannie Flono of the uptown paper goes off on the Boy Scouts for not abiding her desire to include avowed homosexuals. As an Eagle Scout and as a past adult Assistant Scout Master, I would like to disagree with Ms. Flono and to task her with taking the mote from her own eye before casting […]
One should reread the Declaration of Independence occasionally. It goes something like this, these days, modified for modern, progressive times: When in the course of human events, ……We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal… and if they can’t keep up, they should be subsidized, that they are endowed by […]
There is a major difference between the treatment government gives one group of citizens versus another. However, generally speaking, understanding will be provided by knowing what the crony capitalistic relationship is between the government employees and those who have ‘disobeyed’. A recent article by the Associated Press tells of numerous elected representatives and their associates […]
One can draw various conclusions from the recent Obamacare ruling by the Supreme Court. There is even floating around the wishful thought that Chief Justice John Roberts made his decision in order to influence the next election. Even if true that idea does nothing more than emphasize that the court is not a court of […]
In a recent essay for the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Alan Blinder makes a partisan diatribe for more government while claiming he is for less. His is an outstanding piece of convoluted Keynesian economic propaganda. Near the end he tells the reader he wants a more neutral tax system under which “… the allocation of […]
If not angry, one can only be bemused at the lies foisted upon the public by recent claims that a property tax increase this year would only be the third tax hike in 25 years. Tell that to those in the annexed areas, where every two years the city raised taxes on those it annexed. […]
In an unusual turn of events, the Charlotte City Council rejected the plans of City Manager Curt Walton and decided to do its job, which is to be the board of directors to city staff, not compliant followers. Credit is due to Mr. Walton as he has only been following the footsteps of the corporate […]
The uptown paper delivers yet another typical piece of big-government advocacy. One might guess where the funding for the NC Budget and Tax Center comes from, since the only thing Alexandra Forter Sirota, director, does is advocate for more and higher taxes. Perhaps a rename is in order: the Center of Advocacy for Higher Taxes […]
Is this election a defining moment in United States history? It certainly seems so. On one side we have Barack Obama. On the other we have Mitt Romney. What choice could be more disparate? Certainly Ron Paul would be more adamant about reducing the size of government and its influence in our lives, but this […]
Where is the surprise? Why are the headlines: Mecklenburg County has $44.8 million more than expected? There is no news here. This is a case of dog bites man. Every time there is a revaluation, since at least 1980, taxpayers and voters have been told we are going to have a revenue-neutral tax rate. Every […]
