Moans the Los Angeles Times : ”Many Indians Exempt From State Taxes, Fees — California tribes’ sovereignty frustrates beleaguered state and local officials seeking to fill yawning budget gaps.” So cut off their welfare. Hey, a good model for all of us.
GARY NORTH : “The stock market is rising. Long-term interest rates are rising, indicating a recovery, which the public expects will bring price increases. Mortgage rates are rising, indicating that the housing boom is getting close to the end of its rope. Manufacturing is contracting and has been for four consecutive months. Employment is
Republican guru Paul Weyrich, head of the Free Congress Foundation, has just sent a message on the letterhead of Coalitions for America to all Congressmen, calling for an increase in the federal gasoline tax. It is a uniquely wonderful and constitutional tax, he tells his fellow Beltwayers, reminiscent of George Washington and the other Founding
Writes Jacob D. Steelman, Jr.: ”I found your article in the Mises Daily interesting. Back in the late seventies I was appointed by my company to be a representative in an industry group exploring protectionism for the copper industry. I remember the first major meeting we had of executives of our company to decide whether or not to participate
Look around and behold the blessings of freedom all around you. Begin first with the lavish presents and food that are holiday traditions in your home. No people at any time in human history has had access to what we have around us. And look at the generations gathered: people living to their 80 and 90s and longer. This would have been unthinkable
The National Catholic Reporter : “On Dec. 20, the Vatican announced the appointment of Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning American economist and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Bill Clinton, to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. In that capacity, he will help guide Vatican policy on global economic
I’ve received many comments on my spam article . Many say I was too ambiguous about the status of spam itself: it is not just a nuisance; it is a property invasion, perhaps not so much to the individual email user but to server owners, who lose massive resources due to unsolicited bulk email. That might be true, but recognizing that proves
“Views about the Bloomsbury Group remain remarkably divided.... Now the reissue in a single volume of Robert Skidelsky’s biography of John Maynard Keynes - originally published in three volumes between 1983 and 2000 - provides a thoughtful reassessment, not just of Bloomsbury in the life of Keynes, but of the Bloomsbury phenomenon in the 20th
Writes Brendan O’Neill in the Christian Science Monitor : “ What is the lesson of the terrible earthquake that struck southern Iran last week, which leveled much of the city of Bam and left tens of thousands dead? “For many, it is that man should more closely observe the ‘rule of nature.’ “Reporting from the wreckage of Bam, The Sun, Britain’s
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