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Category Archives: economics
Caesar Can Get Bent
What a crock."Did you buy anything through the Internet last year without paying sales tax at the time? If you did, state tax collectors warn that you'd better say so by April 17 and write a check—or else."
"Online purchases from sites like Amazon.com and eBay may seem to arrive in a state of untaxed […]
Destruction of Capital
Via Dom Bettinelli:“A highly-educated woman who chooses to stay at home and not to work – that is destruction of capital. If you receive the benefit of an expensive education at society’s expense, you should not be allowed to throw away that knowledge unpunished.” - Sharon Dijksma, a leading parliamentarian of the Dutch Labour PartyDom […]
Immigration Debate
I've been doing a little thinking about the current immigration debate. The two main lines of argument that seem to be dominating discussions are as follows (in broad strokes).
Illegal immigrants are hard workers who just want a piece of the American pie and are willing to […]
Screwed Up Priorities
Which of these is more likely to help poor people, cheap groceries or cheap cigarettes? Groceries, right? Tell that to Mississippi's Republican Gov. Haley Barbour.
Addendum 03/20/06: Since Publius doesn't care for my "self-righteous indignation over an evil, greedy Republican supposedly screwing the little guy to benefit evil, murderous tobacco companies", I've decided to explain […]
Lining Their Pockets
The pay raise PA legislators gave themselves was bad enough as it was. I disagreed with their excuses about cost of living increases, but at least it was an attempt at a defensible reason for being so generous to themselves. Then I read this. "Starting in December […]
