In addition to noting that gun control tends to increase crime by reducing the cost of being a criminal (i.e., thugs are less likely to meet armed resistance), Tom Sowell also explains that people who don’t like the Constitution should amend the document rather than appointing ideologically-motivated Justices who ignore what it says. …there is no [...]
Archive for June 29th, 2010
Tom Sowell Wisdom on Firearms and the Constitution
Posted in Constitution, Gun control, tagged Constitution, Gun control, Tom Sowell on June 29, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Great Moments in International Bureaucracy
Posted in Big Government, Bureaucracy, Bureaucrats, Centralization, Euro, Europe, Government stupidity, Harmonization, International bureaucracy, nanny state, Regulation, Sovereignty, tagged Bureaucracy, Bureaucrats, Europe, European Commission, International bureaucracy, Red Tape, Regulation, Sovereignty on June 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Europe’s economy is stagnant, the euro currency is in danger of collapse, and many nations are on the verge of bankruptcy. But one thing you can count on in this time of crisis is for prompt, thoughtful, and intelligent action by the super-bureaucrats of the European Commission. Right? Well, maybe not. You can be confident, however, [...]
We All Know Government Is too Big, but the Rahn Curve Provides the Evidence
Posted in Big Government, Debt, Deficit, Economics, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Higher Taxes, Laffer Curve, Rahn Curve, Spending, Taxation, Video, tagged Big Government, Debt, Deficit, Economics, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Laffer Curve, Rahn Curve, Taxation, Video on June 29, 2010 | 90 Comments »
Please share this video with everyone you know. It explains the “Rahn Curve,” which is a spending version of the Laffer Curve. Named after Cato Institute’s Richard Rahn, the Curve shows that modest amounts of government spending – for core “public goods” such as rule of law and protection of property rights – is associated [...]