Category: Politics
Defending Ron Paul, Since I must
As the valiant and few readers of this once-great blog are undoubtedly aware, I’ve not been writing much – or even thinking much – about politics lately. You may also be aware that, while I have a certain sympatico with Ron Paul’s small-government, balanced-budget mindset, I also regard him as a bit of a kook….
Taxation and Real Fairness
Taxation is inherently authoritarian, but it’s not necessarily unfair. What is unfair is a system in which 2 families with identical characteristics can pay wildly different amounts of tax based on their exploitation of vagaries of the tax code. Similarly, it is unfair for family A to pay 25% of their income in tax when…
A Young Doctor’s View on The Healthcare Crisis
Dr. Starner Jones’ short letter to the White House accurately puts the blame on a “Culture Crisis” instead of a “Health Care Crisis”. It’s worth a quick read. — Dear Mr. President: During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive Shiny…
The Importance of State-level Authority
The Founding Fathers never intended for us to be ruled by a monolithic central government and the reason should be obvious, even to a big-government liberal: Democracy is a never-ending experiment. For it to work, we need competition of ideas inside government as well as in the business world. As much policy as possible should…
What Americans Must Do
The American economy is built on the illusion of hope rather than the foundation of economic reason. Our immediate, desperate need to balance the current budget, reduce the total deficit, and embrace profitability as the single most important financial fundamental is something that transcends political parties and narrow ideological interests. We must hold Washington accountable…
Moving Toward Fiscal Responsibility
FreedomWorks provides a very telling graph demonstrating the country’s recent, belated move toward fiscal responsibility: There are two caveats to be aware of in regard to this recent trend. The first is that the House’s budget has not passed and is therefore only a proposal at this point. Great harm can still be done by…
Budget Plans – Obama vs. Ryan
Who’s more credible when it comes to reducing the federal budget deficit, Barack Obama or Paul Ryan? It should be no surprise that Mr. Ryan’s proposed plan is more financially responsible, to the tune of $4T. Now that’s change we can believe in. Read all about it.
Of Budgets and Sacred Cows
Now that the drummed-up budget controversy is over, here are my thoughts for the next one. There can’t be any sacred cows, period. I’ve been reading about the financial problems with Social Security and Medicare since I was 10 & bored enough to get past Humor in Uniform in Reader’s Digest. Now it’s time to…
Paul Ryan’s Budget Proposal a Good Start
Barack Obama’s supporters once said that a vote for him was a vote for putting grown-ups back in the White House. Financially speaking, that’s proven to be a falsehood. Luckily, Rep. Paul Ryan is in D.C. to take up his slack. Ryan’s new budget proposal should be hitting the House today. Here’s some of what…