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That’s Not Change…

The Democratic National Convention is over, Barack Obama is the Democrat’s nominee and nothing much is changed. Democrats still want “rich” people to shoulder more of the tax burden. If I may quote Joe Biden, “That’s not change. That’s more of the same.” (Hint: rich people haven’t got enough money for your plans.)  Democrats still […]

Joe Biden’s Creed

Addressing the Democratic national Convention tonight, Joe Biden said: “My mother’s creed is the American creed. No one is better than you, everyone is your equal and everyone is equal to you.” Now Joe passed on this tidbit in order to make us believe that he believes this steaming pile of socialist folderol.  Really, Senator […]

Government v. The Economy

At best, government can hurt the economy less. Government functionaries call this “helping” the economy. This is like the schoolyard bully twisting your arm somewhat less and then taking credit for making you feel better.

The World “as it should be”

I just listened to Michelle Obama addressing the Democratic nation Convention and she was so proud of the fact that she and her fellow Democrats have the vision to remake the world from the way it is now to the way “it should be.” When she said it, I was immediately struck by the fact […]

America’s Undoing

As it turns out, Communist dictatorships are better at divvying up loot than they are at generating wealth. I guess that’s true of socialists, generally. If they understood economics, they wouldn’t be socialists in the first place.