Here’s an excellent idea for all American readers. One of the guys who posts on National Review Online is urging everyone to identify themselves as “some other race” on the census form. And writing “American” next to that box would be an…
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A Bad Use of Resources.
According to the Sacramento Fox Network affiliate, a car wash in Sacramento recently came under investigation by the IRS and even received a visit from federal agents. The cause: The car wash owed a whopping four cents in backed taxes. Certainly there is a valid…
Washington Post Calls for Postal Service Privatization!
Do my eyes deceive me? Has you-know-what frozen over? Something strange clearly has happened in the universe, because the Washington Post’s editorial page has published a very sensible piece about the Postal Service, noting the system is fundamentally unsound…
Bureaucrats vs. Taxpayers, Part XIV.
This is a two-for-one blog post. Not only do we get more sordid details about overpaid bureaucrats scamming the pay rules, but we also find out that this latest taxpayer ripoff was financed with so-called stimulus funds: Highly touted Bay State job creation programs…
Good Links about Greece.
Here’s a good big-picture analysis from the Weekly Standard blog: http://weeklystandard.com/articles/do-mention-war. Here’s a story about riots and social chaos: http://m.cnbc.com/us_news/35810290. And here’s a story comparing Greece and New York:…
Lies, Damned Lies, and CBO Estimates.
Washington is buzzing with news that the Congressional Budget Office has a new cost estimate for the President’s proposal to further expand the federal government’s control over the healthcare system. The White House is doubtlessly pleased because the…
Good Robber Barons vs. Bad Robber Barons.
Dan Henninger authored a fascinating column in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago comparing people who became rich honestly to those who used government favoritism. He warns that Obama’s policies will encourage the latter version – meaning that smart…
Texas Thumps California.
Texas has a small state government and no state income tax. California has a bloated state government and a punitive state income tax. Here’s a simple quiz: Which state is doing better? The answer is obvious, as Michael Barone explains: Democratic majorities…
Orwellian Nightmare or Nanny State Run Amok?
I’m not sure how to categorize this story from England. Local governments are surreptitiously adding microchips to garbage cans to weigh the amount of rubbish each household is unloading. It is generally thought that this is the beginning stage of a government…
Good News for American Taxpayers (in the short run), Bad News for European Taxpayers.
According to Financial Times report the politicians in Paris and Berlin want to set up some sort of European Monetary Fund to help bail out Greece and other profligate European nations. This is good news in the short run for American taxpayers since it is less likely…