Imagine for a moment that Mitt Romney had spent 2o years of his life attending the sermons of a right-wing zealot who claimed it was America’s fault it was attacked on 9/11 and that America should be damned. Further imagine that Romney was on record as saying that this man was a mentor and a close friend. [...]
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Income equalitarians like President Obama really don’t want to hear that the incomes of the poor and middle class rise when those of the rich rise because it destroys their argument that the rich are benefiting at the expense of the lower classes. Cornell has conducted a study that says just that, once again giving [...]
Tags: Politics · Politics of Taxes
Liberals like Chris Matthews mock conservatives when they point out that the left uses uber-radical Saul Alinsky’s scorched earth tactics in order to shove their statist agenda down our throats, but here is yet another case in point that shows that is precisely what they are doing. Dan Mitchell of Cato reports that the OECD has produced [...]
I found something on Greg Mankiw‘s blog that seems to explain why so many Americans bought homes and signed mortgages they could not afford thereby causing the housing crisis: In today’s NY Times, Robert Shiller reports: Even after taking into account factors like income and education, the authors concluded that people with relatively high I.Q.’s typically [...]
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Transcripts of First Organizional Meeting of the Unfair Campaign against Racism Chairman of the Board: The goal of our organization is to get people to speak more honestly about race in America; to encourage an honest dialogue and understanding between the races. Major Funder: Great! I move that we encourage people to talk honestly about race by placing dozens of [...]
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Listen to left-lurching tax law professor and tax blogger Linda Beale wax indignant about Greece’s austerity program (emphasis is mine): The austerity demands, in order for a sovereign nation to pay back its debt to mostly big banks that lent money recklessly in the leadup to the financial crisis, make no sense at all. If [...]
Tags: Politics · Politics of Taxes · The Economy
When you treat adults like infants who can’t wipe their own butts, you shouldn’t be surprised if they have tantrums when you stop wiping their butts for them. The Telegraph reports that Greek protestors greet bailout vote with fire-bombs: Fire-bombs and tear gas greeted negotiations at Greek Parliament on Sunday over the contraversial loan and austerity package [...]
