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Cap-and-Trade Proposals…and truth in spending

…that the revenue is returned to households. From data in the report we can calculate the economic cost in each year (percentage loss times the base welfare level in each…

Adam Smith Says Tax Soda Pop

…for the lost revenues. I think he considers this the philosophically correct way to focus on the issue. In sum, he seems to think the policy might improve welfare but…

Soak the Rich: A non lesson from Europe.

…regressive taxes fund a much more progressive welfare state. The middle class pays more in health care taxes but gets much more in services.” Yet Klein doesn’t investigate the origens…

The sanctity of contracts…at your convenience

…More and more money. No results apparent after already having spent trillions of public money. Meanwhile thos big welfare-dependent banks are buying up public water assets, land, businesses etc overseas…

Good Cop/Bad Cop or Tit for Tat ?

…average welfare to take the product of their efforts. The problem is that people in the future would expect the products of their efforts to be taken and this would…

Representatives Soak Some of the Rich

…pleasant to you — a commitment to punish increases your welfare even if it forces you to undertake the painful task of writing sever comments (which you don’t enjoy doing)….

The AIG Bonuses… A Letter to Our Leaders

…Goldman and the rest of Welfare Queens that played this game need the message too. And don’t just go after the folks at the very top either – the Nuremberg…

Low Cost & the 100/100 Plan Revisted

…with a ratio of 2000 at a nominal 5% rate would fully cover cost, which would operationally transform Social Security into a General Fund welfare plan. But this seemed to…