Originally posted April 29, 2017. We often hear the same mantra from constituents across the country: “Don’t touch our Social Security or Medicare! Those are not entitlements! I paid into them and deserve every dollar back!” Even some people who call themselves fiscally conservatives honestly believe this.For those who believe Social Security and Medicare are […]
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Originally posted April 21, 2017 Economist Thomas Sowell once said: “The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” Politicians will always try to make something “free” or “affordable” in […]
Originally posted April 15, 2017. Let’s talk briefly about boring ol’ economic theory, and then let’s relate it to real life. Economists often discuss the Laffer curve, which shows the relationship between tax rates and how much government brings in the coffers. The higher the tax rate, the more likely that the object or person […]
Originally published April 15, 2017. Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse recently was recently a speaker at Together for the Gospel, and he discussed the current disruption we’re living through. His focus was not on technology or the “creative disruption” that comes to mind when we think about companies such as Tesla, Apple, and Amazon. Rather, he discussed the current […]
Originally published April 14, 2017. Only in Washington, D.C. could wasting $6.6 billion not be that much money. That’s according to a Washington Post “Fact Checker” article. The article is pretty long, and it is one of many Fact Check articles that seems to not be actually very good at fact checking but very good at […]
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