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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... -
The Chris Christie effect; are other Republican politicians starting to get it?
Posted on August 28, 2010 | No CommentsIt is well documented that to date New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie has been an in your face, kick ass and take names, I don’t care if don’t get reelected, cut government spending kind of guy. The question is when and if the Christie... -
Marcellus Shale; Pooling and Property Rights
Posted on August 27, 2010 | No CommentsYou know something is fishy when progressives claim to be taking positions on something out of concern for the property rights of individuals. Why do genuine concern for individual property rights and progressive not go together? Because the progressive agenda requires control of an ever... -
Barney Frank tossing Freddie and Fannie under the bus?
Posted on August 23, 2010 | No CommentsCould Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) be admitting that the progressives’ beloved affordable housing policies were at the root of the sub prime mortgage mess and were flawed policies? Larry Kudlow seems to believe that may be the case. After hearing what Barney Frank said during a... -
Who Pays for Paid Sick Leave?
Posted on August 21, 2010 | No CommentsJust when you thought Pennsylvania couldn’t get more business unfriendly. The progressives open up their agenda bag once more and out pops mandatory sick leave. This gets really tiresome but apparently our progressive legislators need more Economics 101 and property rights lessons. Rep. Marc Gergely,... -
Time for another trip to the woodshed for little Timmy Geithner: Economics 101 do over
Posted on August 6, 2010 | No CommentsTimmy, Timmy, Timmy what are you doing? Are you eating your economics books? You’re supposed to read them. First of all we are not talking about a tax cut. We are talking about leaving a tax rate where it has been for the past eight...