If you want the dirty details of government excess, then do what I do, talk to Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. A lucky few will have the chance to listen to Chris speak at this week’s exclusive Cato gathering in Naples, Florida. I wish I were there. In his […]
Archives for January 2016
A Tale of Two Cities and Clinton’s Dishonest Outrage
Originally posted January 20, 2016. During the last Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton told the audience of her “outrage by what’s happening in Flint, Michigan.” “Mrs. Clinton,” writes Jason L. Riley in the WSJ, “sees this as a crisis worthy of political exploitation because Flint is an impoverished majority-black city in a state with a white […]
Fiscal Restraint and GOP Candidates
Originally posted February 11, 2015. Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner writes, “With our national debt now passing the $18 trillion mark, and rising at the rate of $40 to $50 billion per month, it is worth taking a look at where the putative Republican presidential candidates stand on the question.” From Jeb Bush to Rick Perry, […]
Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell on Trump and Bono
Originally posted August 5, 2015. What perspective do Donald Trump and Bono share? They both believe, according to Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell, that “your income belongs in your pocket, not in the grasping hands of politicians.” Dr. Mitchell explains, “As an economist, I don’t want tax increases because the economy will be hurt and workers will […]
Trumpisim Demolishing Intellectually Serious Conservatism?
The American Conservative’s Rod Dreher offers a balanced, logical analysis of the phenomenon that is Donald Trump. Mr. Dreher asks, “Does Trumpism enliven our political life with zest and unpredictability, or does it diminish our political life with unthinking emotionalism and shallowness?… Trumpism and its popularity are demolishing intellectually serious conservatism. And yes, the GOP […]
Clinton Committed a “Criminal Offense”
Despite major damage-control mode, Hillary Clinton’s consistently fluid email story seems to be heading toward the proverbial dam. After U.S. intelligence agencies identified additional classified emails on HRC’s private server, including ones containing intelligence on covert “Special Access Programs,” Mrs. Clinton’s campaign “even accused the inspector general — an Obama appointee confirmed by a Democratic-controlled […]
Why Rollover Your 401(k)
You wouldn’t be the first person to wonder who in the world comes up with these phrases: “Rolling over your 401(k).” As if investing isn’t confusing enough, the wording is so bad you can’t help but think about a dog trick. This is supposed to be serious stuff. Most of you corporate warriors that have […]
Clear and Deliberate Criminality
Originally posted August 3, 2015. Former CIA bin Laden unit chief Michael Scheuer knows a little about classified documents and security. Here, Mike tells readers that while he knows “nothing about the content of her (Hillary’s) mails – save for those now published and identified as classified — I do know that Mrs. Clinton’s use of […]
Are Trump Supporters Misguided?
Do Trump’s supporters ever tire of the condescending suggestion that they are children or halfwits who know not what they do? “Why am I supposed to honor people who want Donald J. Trump to be president?” asks NRO’s Jay Nordlinger. They’re angry, I’m told. We must respect and honor their anger. Well, I’m angry too […]
Debt Disaster: $107,000/Household
The Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards, a featured speaker at the Cato Club Naples 2016, notes in the Cato Tax & Budget Bulletin published in September, 2015 that “Federal debt now totals more than $13 trillion, or about $107,000 for every household in the nation.” Last week, regarding the latest CBO Budget, he wrote “Federal borrowing […]
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