Taxes
If you give the government $1
If you give a government official $1, he'll want to start a new program. After starting a new program, he'll have to find a new problem. After finding a new problem, he'll want a bigger building. Before constructing that bigger building, he'll want a bond to pay for it. After bonding and construction, he'll want to hire people to fill the building. After hiring people to fill the building, he'll ask you for another dollar to pay the staff.
Read moreIf it's not broken, pretend it is
It has once again been made very clear that the "Big Three" among Nevada's tax-hike crowd – the Las Vegas Sun, Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley and incoming Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford – believe that Nevada's tax revenue system is "broken."
Bailing them out...again
After the Big Three automakers received a $25 billion bailout in September, GM and Ford are now coming back to the federal trough to ask for another $50 billion. That is more money than the government spends on the national food stamp program.
Citizen security force?
In English parliamentary elections just after World War II, Winston Churchill found himself on the defensive against a well mobilized Labour Party. The Labour Party had argued that "planning had won the war," so "planning would win the peace."
Socialism is nothing but a luxury for the rich
After World War II, there was an explosion of new democracies setting up around the world, in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Although poor, these countries were happy to throw off the yolk of colonialism only to submit to the self-destructive forces of socialism.
What will Republicans become?
In what is now a seemingly prophetic quip, political humorist P.J. O'Rourke once said, "The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."
Taxing charity?
Nevadans have been asked to support an amendment to the state constitution that would make it easier for legislators to increase the tax burden and would create uncertainty over the tax structure.
Laissez journalism
Deregulation, laissez-faire economy, free market failure – all myths, and here is why.
More bad bailouts
Housing prices in Nevada have been falling like a rock – which is not surprising, since they previously rose like a rocket ship. Current homeowners, mortgage brokers and real-estate agents want to stop the falling home prices, and politicians are too eager to "help."
Education palace
University of Arkansas education professor Dr. Jay P. Greene asks, in a recent blog post, "Why are schools so expensive?" That's a very good question to ask here in Nevada. Jay also made a great point on how it's not buildings that teach kids – a lesson our policymakers should learn, since a healthy chunk of Nevada's education spending is going toward building new schools.
