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Cleveland = The New India?

My Economics Professor in MBA School, Peter Klein, lectured fondly of the Indian (as in subcontinent, not AmerInd) “entrepreneurs” who risked life and limb going through rubbish heaps looking for…

ARITHMETIC MATTERS

…intolerable burden if that’s what it costs to live a longer and healthier life. But, just as a matter of “arithmetic,” note how a 2% increase in costs becomes a…

Why taxes are important

…Taxes support democracy. Taxes fund government services and goods, including court systems and national defense, which protect your life, your property, and your constitutional rights. Taxes support economic growth. Governments…

“One in 31 Adults”

life in prison in the parole board system the same as a sentence of “natural life.” In effective, the Parole Board is acting as a secondary and more restrictive court…