Raising Minimum Wage is Anti-Worker and Anti-Poor
You think raising the minimum wage helps workers and the poor? Think again. It makes a lot of unskilled work illegal. Thus it takes the ability of the low-skilled to earn and puts them on welfare. But what about a “living wage”? Many of the low-skilled are new entrants to the work force. Youth and […]
Where are the background checks?
I would think those who say that would like to protect society would be clamoring for background checks for all purchasers of nails, ball bearings, and pressure cookers. Because “pressure cookers kill people.” The manufacturers of pressure cookers, nails, and ball bearings are naturally strongly opposed to this common sense measure. This proves that they […]
Pro-regulation anti-free market “Conservatives”
At the present time it appears that the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute are receiving “back-door” financial support from anti-copyright interests. It appears to be having an effect, and is leading towards pulling so-called “anti-regulation, free-market conservatives” into the pro music business regulation camp. The whole problem with the term “conservative” is that it doesn’t […]
And spoons make people fat
March 19, 2013 Yesterday I placed my shotgun on the front porch, gave it six shells, and noticing it had no legs, placed it in a wheelchair to help it get around. I left it alone and went about my business. While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, the boy across the street […]
Spending problem?
I am thinking “spending problem verses taxes-too-low problem” — it is all just cover for the real argument: whether government should be bigger or smaller. If you think government should be bigger, then there is no way you think in your heart that there is a spending problem. Growing the government of course means more […]
Open letter to all political fundraisers
I have the idea that the main purpose of many of the political fund raising entities is simply to raise funds. I am referring to the many mail and email solicitations that I receive. No more contributions until I see a “program statement” similar to what many charities provide. Tell me how much is spend on […]
Republicans take up the Democrat battle cry – “no spending cuts”
The Democrats are laughing all the way to the bank. Their know in their hearts that the Republican Party is over. It is just window dressing to talk about “annihilation of the Republicans”. Because it has already been accomplished. Anybody who would like to see cutting the size of government should celebrate the sequester as […]
The Conservative strategy needed to win elections
Do the Republicans and Conservatives want to win elections? They certainly have not acted as if they did. If Conservatives want to win elections, they need to take a page out of the Alinsky left: practicality. What does this mean? It means that you have to look at what motivates voters now, and what turns […]
What if I filed my taxes using “Obama math”
In the State of the Union speech, President Obama claimed to have reduced the deficit over two trillion dollars. And here I thought the deficit had increase six trillion under his watch. Never mind. Suppose I use this “Obama math” to file my taxes. How do I use Obama math to figure my income? As […]
People control
More school shootings! It is like a conspiracy to advance the cause of gun control. But gun control is not about guns; it is about control. You don’t shoot to kill, you shoot to stay alive. Assault is a behavior, not a device. 64,999,987 firearms owners kill no one yesterday. But you say “it is […]