Econ/Tax/Spend/Big Govt

The Parable of the Broken Traffic Lights

By John Biver

One of the better illustrations for why we saw an economic collapse – from The Foundation for Economic Education: The Parable of the Broken Traffic Lights [T]he post-2001 boom [generated] the financial crisis and…

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The 25 Best Quotes From Thomas Sowell

By John Biver

Another good column from John Hawkins: Thomas Sowell is not only one of the finest columnists in the business, he’s a prolific author, a brilliant economist, and he has an incomparable knack for simplifying…

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Illinois Shows What Not to Do

By John Biver

Another good article from the City Journal’s Steven Malanga – the subtitle of which is “Wise Wisconsin isn’t imitating its spendthrift neighbor”: In January 2011, facing a forbidding budget deficit and a backlog of…

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The Highest Taxes in the World

By John Biver

We’ll either have policies that allow more people to work for a living, or policies that make more people dependent upon the government. You choose what you want every time you vote. The following…

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Cut Federal Government Spending in Half

By John Biver

Frank Hill over at FamilySecurityMatters.org has a fun post up today – here’s an excerpt: Here’s our contention: Every single federal program needs to be completely reviewed inside-and-out by Congress and evaluated for its…

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