What Margaret Thatcher said here is completely untrue. There are numerous government investments that add jobs (thus adding to the tax base) and make our country more competitive on the global stage. This why it’s such a disaster that the United …
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Understanding U.S. Energy Independence
From senior energy analyst Robert Rapier: Every time someone says “Trump made us energy independent, and we lost that under Biden” — I ask them to back that up. The most important thing is to get them to define energy …
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Making Life Difficult
It seems like we’ve forgotten what makes life pleasant for the common American. Between the end of World War II and the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, taxes on corporations and the ultra rich were very high, and those …
The Only Real Focus of Government Spending Is Explosives
This has been a feature of life in the U.S. for as long as I can remember, but admittedly, it’s getting worse. If you want money for destroying people and their property, no one questions it for a second. Try …
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Boycott Amazon
As far as I’m aware, there’s nothing you can buy on Amazon that you can’t on Ebay. In any case, I haven’t shopped on Amazon in the many years since it became apparent how poorly it treats its employees, and, …
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Mexico’s Grid-Mix Features Fuel Oil
Leaving tomorrow for five days in Mexico. Was concerned about blackouts, but then realized that Mexico’s grid-mix includes fuel oil, and they have plenty of that. In terms of stability in record-breaking temperatures, they’re in better shape than we are.
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The Consequence of the Rich Getting Richer
The illustration here depicts a great many important changes that have taken place in America since 1960, among them our religious observances, formality of dress, and use of technology. The author of the meme makes an even more important point, …
China’s Plan Is Brilliant, and It’s Being Executed with Laser-Like Precision
It seems that all our concern about China’s military expansion is simply needless worry. The Chinese are on a path toward world domination, but it doesn’t involve violence; it’s being accomplished by harnessing the stupidity of the United States and …
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Why the U.S. Doesn’t Tax Churches
The reason we don’t tax religions isn’t that we think they need to be subsidized. Rather, it’s that we don’t want what the Supreme Court (in its better days) deemed to be “excessive entanglement” between the church and state. The …
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Let’s Make Teaching as Unattractive a Profession As Possible
Virtually no response to the epidemic of school shootings, exposure to disease, greatly restricted methods of teaching and discipline, narrowed curricula, book bans, forced unpaid overtime, as well as lousy pay, have all teamed up to create a huge teacher …
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