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On Takings, Taxes, and Entitlements
American Thinker | Steven M. Warshawsky | Aug. 2, 2008
America recently marked the third anniversary of one of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions of recent memory: Kelo v. City of New London. Kelo is the now-infamous “takings” case, in which the Supreme Court declined to rule unconstitutional a Connecticut town’s decision to use the power of eminent domain to take property away from a group of working-class homeowners and give it to a private development corporation for use as part of a government-approved “economic revitalization” project. Continue Reading »
comments off Saturday 02 Aug 2008 | Banescu | Economics, Gov't Reform |
Republican Socialism
Human Events | Brian Darling | July 21, 2008
Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) has pledged to block a Bush administration proposal being steamrolled through Congress to grant the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve sweeping new powers. Slowing things down would allow Congress to debate the issue fully before approving measures that could put taxpayers on the hook for billions in debt incurred by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-backed home-mortgage giants. Continue Reading »
1 comment Monday 21 Jul 2008 | Banescu | Gov't Reform, Leftism, Politics |
Passing the Buck has Turned to Passing the Debt
HumanEvents | Sen. Tom Coburn | Apr. 28, 2008
America became a great nation because at key moments in our history our national leaders were willing to make sacrifices to preserve freedom and opportunity for future generations. Yet, that tradition is being abandoned today in Washington. Congressional leaders have decided that sending money home for pet projects, appeasing special interests and catering to well-heeled lobbyists are more important than giving future generations the hope and opportunity that was sacrificed for us. Politicians have found it easier to make the easy decision now and hope they do not have to deal with the difficult decision tomorrow. Continue Reading »
3 comments Thursday 01 May 2008 | Banescu | Gov't Reform, Politics |
Flat Tax is the Way of the Future
Most formerly communist countries are adopting capitalistic and fair Flat Tax systems, while the US continues with its socialist, unfair, and punitive Tax scheme.
Heritage Foundation | Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D. | Mar. 20, 2006
Thanks to globalization, many nations are adopting better tax policies. Certain politicians still believe in high tax rates, of course, but they feel compelled to move in the opposite direction since it is now increasingly easy for labor and capital to escape oppressive tax regimes by crossing national borders.
This is why so many nations had to lower personal income tax rates after the Thatcher and Reagan rate reductions – and why many nations have been lowering tax rates on business in response to Ireland’s incredibly successful 12.5 per cent corporate tax. They know the geese that lay the golden eggs will fly away if they impose bad tax law. Continue Reading »
comments off Monday 25 Feb 2008 | Banescu | Freedom, Gov't Reform, Taxation |
Tax Rebates are Good, But Permanant Tax Cuts are Better
Human Events | Mark Skousen | Jan. 22, 2008
Anytime the government gives money back to the people, it’s a good thing, so I have no qualms about President Bush’s tax rebate of $800 per taxpayer, or $1,600 per couple. He ought to recommend it every year, not just when a recession threatens. Continue Reading »
5 comments Tuesday 22 Jan 2008 | Banescu | Gov't Reform, Taxation |
What’s the Matter with Socialized Medicine?
Acton.org | Dr. Donald P. Condit | Jan. 9, 2008
Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall for the decadent King Belshazzar. “You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting” (Daniel 5:27). Socialized medicine deserves similar judgment. Continue Reading »
comments off Friday 11 Jan 2008 | Banescu | Gov't Reform, Health care |
The Media Redefines ‘Fiscal Resposibility’
Human Events | Seton Motley | Dec. 21, 2007
Want to ensure the growth of government? Forever? The media does, and they have with Liberals devised the perfect way to do it. It is the “pay-as-you-go” Congressional budgeting rule — Pay-Go. It requires every move that Congress makes be “budget neutral”; every new spending initiative must be paid for - no more deficit spending. Continue Reading »
28 comments Friday 21 Dec 2007 | Banescu | Gov't Reform, Politics |
The Worth of School Vouchers and Local Control
Free Congress Foundation | Paul M. Weyrich | Nov. 15, 2007
Yesterday I wrote a column on the need to eliminate No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the massive federal program President George W. Bush signed into law in 2002 to overhaul America’s public schools and raise the standards for American education. That column was critical of NCLB because the program has failed to produce any significant achievement in public schools and is little more than a bloated national bureaucracy throwing money at states and local school districts. I urged Congress to phase out NCLB immediately, not to re-authorize it.
comments off Monday 19 Nov 2007 | Banescu | Education, Gov't Reform |
Hunger Hysteria: Examining Food Security and Obesity in America
The Heritage Foundation | Robert E. Rector | Nov. 13, 2007
What is rarely discussed is that the government’s own data show that the overwhelming majority of food insecure adults are, like most adult Americans, overweight or obese. Among adult males experiencing food insecurity, fully 70 percent are overweight or obese.[8] Nearly three-quarters of adult women experiencing food insecurity are either overweight or obese, and nearly half (45 percent) are obese. Virtually no food insecure adults are underweight.
3 comments Wednesday 14 Nov 2007 | Banescu | Gov't Reform, Health |
