If I was organized enough to send Christmas cards, I would take Richard Rahn off my list. I do one blog post to call attention to his Washington Times column and it seems like everybody in the world wants to jump down my throat. I already dismissed Paul Krugman’s rant and responded to Ezra Klein’s [...]
Archive for August 5th, 2010
When Keynesians Attack
Posted in Economics, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Jobs, Keynes, Keynesian, Laffer Curve, Monetary Policy, Obama, Recession, stimulus, Supply-side economics, Tax Increase, Taxation, tagged Economic growth, Jobs, Keynesian Economics, Monetary Policy, Obama, Reagan, Recession, stimulus, Supply-side economics, Unemployment on August 5, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Should Interpretive Dances about Sexual Abuse of Altar Boys Receive Taxpayer Subsidies?
Posted in Big Government, Boondoggle, David Cameron, Elitism, England, Government Spending, Government stupidity, Subsidies, United Kingdom, Waste, tagged Arts, Boondoggle, David Cameron, England, Government waste, Subsidies, United Kingdom on August 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I may have to rethink my pessimistic assessment of David Cameron. As I’ve noted before, he strikes me as a George-Bush-style big-government faux conservative. But according to this Washington Post article, the coalition government in the UK may impose some real budget cuts (as opposed to phony Washington-type cuts that are just reductions in planned [...]
Taxpayers vs Bureaucrats, Part XXXVII
Posted in Big Government, Bureaucracy, Bureaucrats, California, Local government, Spending, tagged Bureaucracy, Bureaucrats, California, Local government, Pensions on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you have municipal bonds issued by the city of Los Angeles, you may want to dump them while there’s still time. The LA Times reports that one-third of the city’s budget in 2015 will get consumed by pensions and benefits for retired bureaucrats. The cost of retirement benefits for Los Angeles city employees will [...]