Each year, Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn releases an annual report called “Waste Book,” which highlights the various ways in which the federal government wastes money on many questionable items. Last year’s report included $10 million for a remake of “Sesame Street” in Pakistan, $48,700 for a chocolate festival in Hawaii and $113,227 for a […]
Archives for October 2012
Has France provided another example of the failure of socialism?
Socialism certainly isn’t the most freedom-loving ideology that has proven to be successful. Although there are a lot of people out there who think socialism is the cure for all – a woman interviewed by Former Soviet Citizen on YouTube thinks North Korea is a paradise (no kidding, check this video out). Heck, I’ve interviewed […]
Is taxation always the answer? In Canada it is
Canada is an interesting country. We have Stephen Harper as our prime minister, who is the leader of the Conservative Party. He has been in power in six years and only now he has started to learn about cutting spending. Since 2006, he has created a budget deficit that seems like will never be paid […]
Cook County mulls violence tax on guns, ammunition sales to curb costs, crime
Opponents are calling it a tax on the second amendment, but Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is mulling a violence tax on guns and ammunition sold in the city and suburbs, according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Times. The purpose of the tax isn’t so much as a new revenue stream – the […]
Do people actually think Big Bird won’t exist without a subsidy?
As most people know by now, it wasn’t the weak economy, the unemployment rate, inflation or other awful policies of President Barack Obama’s administration that dominated the people’s attention in last week’s debate, but rather Sesame Street’s Big Bird. It befuddles me how hebetudinous some of the electorate really is and how indifferent they seem […]