It’s simple economics: if you subsidize something, you’ll get more of it. Make something more affordable through subsidies and more people will buy into it. Government loves to subsidize things to encourage us citizens to act in certain ways. Government gives (or has given) tax credits — free money — to people preserving historic buildings, people who […]
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The RNC Continues
Today’s coverage of the Republican National Convention (as reported by CBS) Consisted of George W. Bush on a huge TV screen providing all the usual blather about what a great president John McCain will make. This was followed by more coverage of the scandals surrounding Sarah Palin. The Republicans did have some good talking points […]
Palin’s Daughter’s Pregnancy
This posting was to have been about the first day of the Republican National Convention but there were a few snags. First, the everyone felt it would be unseemly to carry on convention activities as planned with Hurricane Gustav threatening the gulf coast, so actual convention activity was limited to just 2 1/2 hours of […]
The Racial Double Standard(s)
A recent poll showed Barack Obama polling 94 to 1 against John McCain among black voters. Wow. I had no idea McCain’s politics were that much different from Obama’s. McCain has always seemed to me to act more like a Democrat than many Democrats. Which is to say, there are really two Democrats running for […]
On Robin Hood
Robin Hood was not so much robbing “the rich” as he was robbing the government that had exploited working class people. He returned to them “that which had been unjustly taken from them.”