Socialism is Evil (Walter E. Williams) A reminder from Professor Williams of George Mason University as to why taxation is wrong, and it’s both political…
Posts published in “Economics”
Americans For Limited Government announces StopBailouts.net, an online petition in response to President Barack Obama’s $2.8 trillion financial plan to urge Congress to halt what…
Sometimes you have to wonder about the magic numbers that proponents of government spending (or economic development) come up with. The Kansas Meadowlark explores a little arithmetic in his post 10,000 New Highway Jobs in Kansas? Brian Wilson Crunches the Numbers.
Kansas Senate scraps higher fines for speeders along perilous roads (Jeanine Koranda, Wichita Eagle). In a defeat for Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, the Kansas senate…
They’re the same photos that the Kansas Meadowlark took, but some different narrative. See Kansas Anti-Pork Revolt Draws 750 American Citizens!
The Kansas Meadowlark has a report with photographs of today’s protest at Representative Dennis Moore‘s office in Overland Park. Click on 500 in Overland Park…
Update: Report and photos of the event are here. “A protest has been scheduled for ep. Dennis Moore’s office (D-KS) in Overland Park, KS on…
25 random things about covering a capital murder trial. Wichita Eagle reporter Ron Sylvester offers surprising insights into covering a capital murder trial in a…
Upside Down Economics (Thomas Sowell) “From television specials to newspaper editorials, the media are pushing the idea that current economic problems were caused by the…
From the Lone Star Times, economist Michelle Muccio appears in the video It’s My Money — I’ll Bailout Myself! It’s funny how many people would…
See Kudos to FaceBook for Changing Their Position Right Away.
My blogger friend Blue Collar Muse reports on a disturbing development at the extremely popular social networking site Facebook. The post FaceBook Drops NoStimulus.com Ad…
Did the "excesses" of capitalism cause the current financial crisis? First, we really don't have capitalism in the United States, at least not any reasonable semblance of laissez faire capitalism, as explained in my post The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Present Crisis, based on the work of Professor George Reisman.
In Kansas, some want the state's minimum wage to rise to match the federal minimum wage. The Lawrence Journal-World reports on this in its story Lawmakers asked to increase state’s minimum wage.
Here’s a press release from Americans For Prosperity that talks about the tremendous success of the NoStimulus.com website. This site experienced tremendous traffic yesterday and…
Tim Phillips, president of Americans For Prosperity, explains why the Obama-Pelosi-Reid stimulus bill is not good for America, and also talks about the role of…
Despite mainstream media claims, not everyone agrees with President Obama’s plan. In fact, a Rasmussen poll shows that more Americans than not are skeptical about…
From The Stimulus Tragedy: Obama bets that we can spend our way to prosperity: So there it is: Mr. Obama is now endorsing a sort…
Americans For Prosperity is dong a great job opposing the stimulus with their NoStimulus.com website. Visit there for information about the dangers of what President Obama and Congressional leaders are doing. Sign the petition, too.
Here’s a message from Tim Phillips, President of Americans For Prosperity. I listened in to the telephone town hall meeting he mentions. Despite a few…