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Yes Virginia, reducing size of government also means reducing the number of government employees
Posted on October 10, 2010 | No CommentsA government union council president says he doesn’t think the “general” state employee understands that when we say ‘cut government programs’ some ‘jobs may get cut’ in the process. It could be that such thoughts stem from year after year of government growth and having... -
Is the New York Times tossing a renewable energy source under the bus?
Posted on October 9, 2010 | No CommentsThere it was right on the front page of the New York Times; For Those Near, the Miserable Hum of Clean Energy[1]. An uncomplimentary and surprisingly unspin doctored article about what a crappy deal it is having big, noisy, over hyped wind turbines humming, whirring,... -
Is the electorate wising up to big “tax and spend” governors?
Posted on October 6, 2010 | No CommentsPerhaps the electorate is finally wising up to the fact that big talking, big taxing, big spending state governors, along with their Federal government counterparts, are “the problem” and need to be sent packing. If you are a citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania don’t... -
Marcellus Shale natural gas and the corporate tax myth
Posted on September 30, 2010 | No CommentsAs Milton Friedman clearly explained corporations do not pay taxes. Buildings do not pay taxes, trucks do not pay taxes, natural gas at the well head cannot pay taxes, no inanimate objects pay taxes. People pay taxes. This endless rubbish about how much money any... -
Obama’s Stupid Czar and using the free market to de-develop America
Posted on September 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsDoes the notion of using the free market to de-develop the U.S. sound a little screwy to you? If so that’s probably because you are one of those hopelessly ignorant Country Class bumpkins. You can’t possibly understand the sophistication and nuances of the recommendations put... -
Big Government: it is, therefore it regulates; it regulates, therefore it taxes
Posted on September 13, 2010 | No CommentsWhat if the Founding Fathers had held a competition to decide who among them could best articulate their intent in crafting a U.S. Constitution that would kick American exceptionalism into high gear? It would have been close competition but James Madison and Thomas Jefferson would... -
What in the name of liberty is a “competitive” tax?
Posted on September 13, 2010 | No CommentsYou have to hand it to Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Dan Onorato. He may have just set a new standard for big government progressive economic ignorance with his notion of a “competitive” tax. Speaking on the subject of Marcellus Shale in Easton PA Onorato said... -
Should states compete to see which one can collect the most taxes?
Posted on September 9, 2010 | No CommentsIn the America envisioned by the Founding Fathers the individual states would be competing with one another to provide the best environment for free market activities in which their citizens could participate and prosper. States would not be competing to see which could collect the... -
Fees a Marcellus Shale cost of doing business; severance tax remains a bad idea
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsDemocratic candidate for Governor Dan Onorato is looking for something to chip away at Republican Tom Corbett’s lead in the polls. Onorato will accuse Corbett of flip flopping on a no tax pledge over the issue of whether or not fees were included in the... -
Can’t find any economics in Christina Romer’s advice
Posted on September 3, 2010 | No CommentsLook as long and as look hard as you want but you won’t find any economics in Christina Romer’s advice as a Presidential economic adviser. The good news is she’s going back to academia. The bad news is she will once again be transforming ‘the...