It’s not what you thought:
…French social policy is not overwhelmingly redistributive, and it is not financed with progressive income taxes, as in Denmark and Sweden, nor is it financed with a mix of progressive income taxes and payroll taxes, as in Germany, Canada, and Britain. As in other corporatist/continental consrevative […]
Archive for January, 2005
Jan24th2005
The French Tax Scheme
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, Europe, General and Taxes. 0 CommentsJan24th2005
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 Comments“Boxer and Kennedy are living in the past, back when it was okay for limousine liberals to tell the rest of us how to live. And maybe they’re going a little nuts with frustration because white-bread Bush was reelected and he’s the one nominating the first Hispanic attorney general and the first black female secretary […]
Jan23rd2005
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Abortion, General and Judicial Nominees. 1 Comment“Scalia, who dissented from the gay rights and death penalty decisions, argued that the danger of foreign law is that it can be taken out of its native soil context or used only when it helps a position. “We are one of only six countries in the world that allows abortion on demand prior to […]
Jan22nd2005
“In fiscal 2004 Social Security ($488 billion), Medicare ($300 billion) and Medicaid ($176 billion) represented 42 percent of federal outlays…[T]hese programs pay an average of almost $17,800 to each American 65 and over. By 2030 the number of elderly is projected to double; the costs will skyrocket…The central budget issue of our time is how […]
Jan21st2005
I absolutely love it. Here is a recount of my day today…
I arrived at work to find my Indian/Canadian office mate in the office, we chated a little about martial arts and what not, than I immediately went to the lab to do some work. As soon as I arrived in the lab, I started […]
Jan21st2005
Another Country Falls To Communism
Published by in Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 1 CommentIt looks like (WSJ$) the beginning of the end:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s program to seize land from large farmers and ranchers is promoted in the name of the poor, but carrying it out may further batter Venezuela’s economy and hurt the landless peasants Mr. Chavez says he wants to help.
The campaign already is having negative […]
Jan21st2005
When Democrats Were (somewhat) Reasonable
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, General and SocialSecurity. 0 CommentsGiven the new breed of Democrats, sometimes I miss Bill Clinton. This is what he said in 1998:
Today, Social Security is sound, but a demographic crisis is looming. By 2030, there will be twice as many elderly as there are today, with only two people working for every person drawing Social Security. After 2032, […]
Jan21st2005
…besides the obvious.
Brian Micklethwait, from the UK, explains why voters are right to like tax cuts.
Jan21st2005
“The next great battle between socialism and capitalism will be waged over human health and life expectancy… A little redistribution won’t suddenly transform the United States into a failed, Soviet-style “workers’ paradise.” But as health costs creep up to, say, 25 percent of national income, things get more complicated. Americans would see their tax bills […]
Jan20th2005
“The man being sworn in today is a radical conservative with an audacious agenda, from overhauling Social Security to overhauling the Middle East. He is deeply polarizing, more loathed by Democrats than any Republican since Richard Nixon and more admired by Republicans than any GOP leader since Ronald Reagan”. — Jeff Jacoby Boston Globe columnist
“Because […]
Jan20th2005
Thomas Sowell has a must read article on Social Security, for example, he writes:
Why don’t we all stipulate, once and for all, that no policy on any subject, anywhere or anytime, is a panacea or a magic bullet. Then we can start talking sense like adults.
If we are serious, we can compare one alternative […]
Jan20th2005
In Case There Was Any Doubt…
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics and General. 0 CommentsIt’s official. Communism always results in failure, Socialism isn’t much different, and F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman were right. Even liberals agree (somewhat).
Jan20th2005
While Democrats keep talking about ‘ the worst economy since the Great Depression’, Noel Sheppard, an economic and geopolitical analyst and writer residing in Northern California, gives a very good update on how the economy is actually doing under the Bush Presidency. It debunks many of the commonly held myths and concludes with this:
So, when […]
Jan20th2005
Michele Malkin And Immigration
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 0 CommentsMy online friend Val takes the words right out of my mouth with regard to Michele Malkin and immigration. A must read…
Jan20th2005
“Bush believes that cutting taxes and making the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent will in the long run hold down government’s share of the gross domestic product. Many Democrats act out of fear that Bush is right. They would like to see America move some distance toward a western European-style welfare state. They know […]
Jan19th2005
Whenever I get into an abortion discussion, one of the things that inevitably comes up is the claim that pro-lifers can’t speak against abortion unless we ‘walk in the shoes of the women in that difficult position’. In other words, we pro-lifers need to better understand the trials and tribulations a women goes through when […]
