American Socialists think that government is god. After all, just like the God in heaven, every good thing comes from government. Just like the religious God, the government can do anything. Sadly, this is an accurate view of the socialist-hell…
Tag: Economy
The Two Americas
There have been two completely different Americas in U.S. history. For more than a century after the United States came into existence, there was no income taxation or IRS. People were free to keep everything they earned and decide for…
The Government Education Blob
Education in America is a monopoly and monopolies don’t improve, they just suck more money out of the taxpayers. In every other sector of the economy, free market competition forces providers to improve constantly. That is why things get better…
Elective Despotism
Though the Founding Fathers fought a revolution because they hated the idea of taxation without representation, soon after independence they realized that taxation with representation could be tyranny too. That was the whole point of James Madison’s famous warning in…
A $52 Trillion Fantasy
Leading Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has officially unveiled her “Medicare for All” plan. This program is based on fantasy financing. According to Warren, it will cost $52 trillion over ten years, but a middle-class tax increase…
Creating Federal Jobs Outside the Beltway
Republican Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee recently proposed a new bill, as yet unnumbered, to move 90% of federal agency jobs out of Washington, D.C. Dubbed the HIRE bill, Helping Infrastructure Restore the Economy Act…
Twisting The Truth About Poverty
Progressives are adept at twisting the truth to fit their political agenda and ignoring facts that do not support that agenda. Over the years progressives Democrats have cast themselves as the party of compassion using envy to promulgate class warfare…
Class Warfare Thrives on Ignorance
The Alinsky tactic of isolate, personalize and polarize has been the left’s mantra for decades to ensnare the masses into believing they are victims. In reality, there are no organized masses of rich and poor, no big country club where…
No, We’re Not All Socialists Now
On Sunday, New York Post had an editorial about how many millennials embrace “socialism,” while not really knowing what it means: “Millennials — ignorant of socialism’s appalling economic and human-rights history — increasingly embrace socialism and its naively unrealistic prescriptions…
Report: Russian Manipulation of U.S. Energy Markets
While much political theatre has been developed surrounding Russian influence in American elections, and while much, if not all said political theatre has been proven to be lies, there are still serious efforts by Russia, as well as other countries,…
Not All Conspiracies Are Theories
“Millionaires are the bees that make the honey.” Andrew Carnegie The names of most of the men who tried to unite the world are well known – There was Nimrod and Nebuchadnezzar of the Bible, Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Julius…
Congress Is Bankrupting The Country
Congress is bankrupting the country and robbing future generations to pay for it. A debt crisis, and all the terrible economic effects of that crisis, is looming – And both parties are equally guilty – Every single congressional leader is…
Occupational Licensing Protects Special Interest
According to conventional wisdom, one of the prerequisites for a civilized society is a system of government enforced licensing of numerous occupations to assure specific standards. Government claims that the safety and well-being of consumers impels it to enact these…
Illegals Are Costing Taxpayers Big Bucks
In a recently released study of welfare use by American citizens, naturalized citizens and illegals, the Migration Policy Institute found that of the estimated 22 million illegals in the country, 10.3 million are on at least one welfare program. Of…
Hypocrites and the Desire to Rule
Big Al Gore and his chicken little followers are once again pushing the idea that climate change is real. As far as these control freaks are concerned, YOU MUST NOT QUESTION that “settled” fake science or pretend policy consensus. “It…