Pros and Cons of Capital Gains Taxes
Reducing investors’ incentives to take risks is reducing the jobs their investments are likely to create.
Envy vs. Achievement
Ayn Rand called envy “the hatred of the good for being the good.” Instead of hating and envying the good, let’s love and thank the good for being the good.
How The FED Taxes The Poor
One of the biggest, and one of the oldest, taxes is inflation. Governments have stolen their people’s resources this way, not just for centuries, but for thousands of years.
Common Core Education Monopoly
Common Core, like public school, public housing, the U.S. Postal Service, the Transportation Security Administration, etc., are all one-size-fits-all government monopolies. For consumers, this is not a good thing.
Bill Gates is Wrong About “Giving Back”
By saying, “I must give back,” a person is essentially acknowledging, “I stole something.”
The Kansas Anti-Gay Law and The Freedom of Association
What we need is a law — or a Constitutional amendment, if need-be — ensuring freedom of association. In other words, all individual citizens should be guaranteed the right to associate, or not associate, with whom they choose.
Another Galling Betrayal in Afghanistan and Iraq
We insisted on trying to create a “democracy” in the Middle East — a place with a history going back thousands of years, without a single democracy.
Why Socialism is Evil
Socialism employs evil means, confiscation and intimidation, to accomplish what are often seen as noble goals — namely, helping one’s fellow man
Obamacare for News Reporting: Will Government Censors Be Placed in America’s Newsrooms?
Individual liberty, freedom and private property — including the most precious right of free speech – are not frozen in place forever. Government will always test its limits and watch how we respond.
