by Brian Garst | Aug 2, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Taxation
Statists view “the rich” as nothing more than ATM machines for funding big-government welfare states. They think they can take as much as they like – they’re rich, after all! – without consequences. Once they empty the machine, the bank...
by Brian Garst | Jul 20, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Iain Murray writes at the Washington Examiner that advocacy groups Change.org and the Alliance for Climate Protection are arguing – in an email entitled, “Don’t Let BP Win!” – that “Stalling climate and energy legislation would be a big win for oil...
by Brian Garst | Jul 13, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Florida Senator Bill Nelson is seizing on the BP oil spill as an excuse to pass federal “price gouging” legislation. It’s certainly nothing new to see anti-market politicians stirring up populist rage with these so-called “price gouging”...
by Brian Garst | Jul 6, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Taxation
The statists in Congress are enamored with Keynesian big government policies and profligate spending as a means of “stimulus.” But while they travel the country to tout so-called “stimulus success,” the public displays a far better...
by Brian Garst | Jul 2, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve heard a few economic whoppers in my time, especially from the mouths of politicians, but this statement by Speaker Pelosi has got to be one of the most foolish yet. Talking to reporters, the House speaker was defending a jobless benefits extension against...
