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Sleazy and Dishonest Ad from General Motors Shows Why Big Government and Big Business Is a Toxic Combination
It is now fully apparent that General Motors did not pay back any money to taxpayers, and certainly did not pay back the full amount, as stated in the reprehensibly… Read more
Encouraging Polling Numbers
I realize that public opinion polls are quirky and that answers often depend on how questions are phrased. Nonetheless, these results seem very strong. As reported on the Bankrupting America… Read more
Great Moments in Government Stupidity.
The blogging about Greece is too depressing, so let’s kick a couple of government bureaucracies for bone-headed stupidity. This excerpt is from a Pajamas Media story about how the Customs bureaucrats… Read more
Using Welfare to Subsidize Terrorism
Here are some very depressing stories. The Daily Mail reports that a European Court has ruled that the U.K. no longer can impose restrictions on welfare payments to women married… Read more
Victory Over Surveillance Statism in Arizona
Here’s a bit of good news to end the weekend. Arizona politicians have been forced to suspend a statewide speed camera program. I’m especially pleased to see that civil disobedience played… Read more
Will the Greek Bailout Work?
As expected, the European Union and International Monetary Fund have chosen to subsidize the profligacy of Greek politicians. A deal has just been announced. As the Washington Post reports: Greece… Read more
Is Japan the Next Greece?
Total government debt is about 115 percent of GDP in Greece, which clearly is one of the factors that spooked investors and led to the bailout. But Japan – at… Read more
The Next Step for Supply-Side Economics
Kevin Williamson has a long-overdue piece in National Review making two essential points about supply-side economics and the Laffer Curve. First, he explains that tax cuts are not the fiscal… Read more
Wall Street Journal Savages Greek Bailout
I always appreciate a column that sounds like I could have been the author, and this editorial from the WSJ hits the mark. The IMF/EU bailout is just masking the… Read more
Greece’s Problem Is High Tax Rates, not Tax Evasion
The New York Times has an article describing widespread tax evasion in Greece, along with an implication that the country’s fiscal crisis is largely the result of unpaid taxes and… Read more
