President Obama is a peerless liar. He is so consistent that one only need know he is speaking to know he is lying. Take, for instance, his recent quote about what have become known as the Bush tax cuts. Prez says in part: “… the same tax cuts that have added hundreds of billions of […]
Little is said about why a larger government decreases economic growth, although symptoms of this are regularly reported. In July 12 issue of The Wall Street Journal, Andreas Bergh and Magnus Henrekson report on the Swedish experiment in socialism and its effect on that economy. For comparative purposes the gentlemen went back to 1960 when […]
Even though there are no surprises, it turns out the illegal drug business is more interesting than normally thought. Most people know drug dealers, large and small, must somehow transfer their illegally gained money into a legally accepted form in order to use it. The process is known as money-laundering. Bloomberg News reporter Michael Smith […]
Politics is a curious study and there are many ways of participation. For those of more than a cursory interest there have always been breakfast and lunch and evening get-togethers where friends discuss issues and people of interest. Today there is the internet with blogs, websites and email, which brings me to my tale. There is […]
We called him socialist, and we were wrong. We called him many things and we were often wrong. We weren’t paying close enough attention. Barack Hussein Obama got himself elected president but shows no presidential abilities. He shows no leadership, even in a wrong direction. He follows the lead of Socialist Nancy Pelosi, and so […]
Mecklenburg County is in a fiscal mess because of the leadership of various people in positions of influence and power whose ambitions were to spend the taxpayer’s money on their own projects with no consideration of the future. The players were often led by Parks Helms. Helms was a member of the Board of County […]
Governments evolve much as anything else. One cannot expect otherwise. Situations change, people change, the needs of the people change. So it is no surprise our governments are not what they originally were. The original focus of governments in the US was to provide only a framework for our lives. Defense, postal service, roads, police, […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is in the midst of adjusting its budget to new economic realities. Tax revenues are reduced and will remain at lower levels for years to come. Higher tax rates, being counter productive both economically and politically will remain at current levels, which means local governments and agencies will have to adjust to having […]
Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes”. Certainly we will all die; it is a result of being born. Taxes, however, are not necessary; they are only a symptom of man’s desire to live in a civilized society. If we were individually civilized and altruistic, understanding the needs […]
