Cost of an Obama tire job: $900,000
It’s entirely predictable that trade sanctions are costly to the country that imposes them. Yet politicians can be persuaded to support them in the name of saving American jobs and getting “tough” with...
View ArticleEconomic growth is slowing
While the United States economy started to grow after the recent recession, the trend in growth is slowing. During the 80s and 90s the federal government spent at around the level of 19 percent of GNP....
View ArticleObama II, from New York Times
The New York Times lays out the agenda for the second term of President Barack Obama. It could be “invigorated,” the newspaper writes. The Times editorialists write that now the president “can make...
View ArticleYou should be able to photograph your ballot
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach wants to make it illegal to photograph your completed ballot, and he wants the power to enforce this law. There’s a thorny question here: Who owns your ballot?...
View ArticleThe rich don’t have enough money
Even if President Barack Obama gets his way in upcoming tax negotiations, we’ll still be a long way from tackling the deficit. The document General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2013...
View ArticleThe Obama tax hike, compared to deficits
President Barack Obama is going to ask Congress for more tax revenue. But the president’s request, as large as it is, will do little to rein in our budgetary problem. According to the Wall Street...
View ArticleObama on debt ceiling, then and now
Not long ago Barack Obama said that needing to raise America’s debt limit “is a sign of leadership failure.” Now he wants the power to raise the debt ceiling on his own, without Congressional approval....
View ArticleProgressives shaping the future of America. It’s a good thing.
Mother Jones approvingly reports on a secretive meeting of progressive activists. When conservatives do this, it’s branded as evil. Mother Jones told us so. But it’s a good thing for liberals and...
View ArticleObama’s debt speech just mailed in
In 2006, then-Senator Barack Obama was critical of raising the debt ceiling in order to allow the U.S. to borrow additional funds, a contentious issue that we are facing again. I present his full...
View ArticleObama will need more economic growth
To pay for the Obama taxing and spending agenda, the country will need much more economic growth. Unfortunately, the rate of growth is slowing just when we need greater rates of growth. It’s commonly...
View ArticleTo boost jobs and prosperity, Kansas should cut spending
In order to increase jobs and prosperity in Kansas, we should seek to reduce state spending as much as possible, thereby leaving more resources in the productive private sector. In the debate over...
View ArticleWithout government, there would be no change: Wichita Mayor
It’s worse than President Obama saying “You didn’t build that.” Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer tells us you can’t build that — not without government guidance and intervention, anyway. When President Barack...
View ArticleAn IRS political timeline
In the summer of 2010 President Barack Obama and his allies warned of conservative groups with “harmless-sounding names like Americans for Prosperity.” At the time, supporters of AFP like myself were...
View ArticleObamaCare employer mandate delayed, start of train wreck?
Scheduled to take effect on January 1, the employer mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) has been delayed for one year. Curiously, this announcement was made on an obscure Treasury...
View ArticleObamaCare chart updated
Republicans of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress have released an update of a chart to help us navigate ObamaCare. (Click on it for a larger version.) From the July 2010 press release...
View ArticleObama’s debt speech, not really a speech
In 2006, then-Senator Barack Obama was critical of raising the debt ceiling in order to allow the U.S. to borrow additional funds, a contentious issue that we are facing again. I present his full...
View ArticleWichitaLiberty Podcast, episode 1
In this first episode of WichitaLiberty Podcasts: A Kansas City Star editorial makes a case for higher school spending in Kansas, but is based on a premise that doesn’t exist in fact. There’s a new...
View ArticleKansas jobs: Who do we believe?
Earlier this week we saw that candidates for Kansas governor have released statements on recent job figures in Kansas. The news releases from Sam Brownback and Paul Davis appear to contain conflicting...
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