I’m tired of hearing Democrats say we should raise taxes on the rich or the rich should never receive a tax cut. To make matters even more frustrating, they often state this sentiment as if there’s something evil about being rich. Here are three things to consider before embracing the “tax the rich” notion. 1. […]
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Remember this simple fact whenever a political candidate or government official tells you he or she will give you something: Government does not have anything to give that it does not first take from somebody else. It’s an axiomatic truth that our government cannot give us anything unless it first takes it from somebody else.
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Recently somebody suggested that Presidential preferences are like this: “The ‘right’ wants a President they can have a beer with. The ‘left’ just wants someone really smarter than them.” My reply was something like the following: I think its deeper than the “beer and smarts” analogy suggested above. The right wants to know confidently that
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The death penalty exists to put a tangible value on life and punish murderers. It is a social contract: If you kill an innocent person then you are not worthy of living. In effect, your actions in committing murder forfeit your life. Period. Enforcement is the responsibility of the state. Who but the state can
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