Contrary to the cliche’, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it.
People are not going to reelect Barack Obama. But will the new president govern as a real conservative? We’re going to have to apply the heat to make sure.
One thing on psychology, which we’ve always known, is that every investor says they’re long-term – and they are until the market takes a hit.
The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.
The flat tax would be so simple, you could fill it out on a post card. A post card that would say, in effect, having a wonderful time; glad most of my money is here.
The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.
As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.
No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps.
Duarte is a moderate when it comes to civilian control of the military and curbing death squads. On economics, the man is almost a Marxist.
As more money flowed through Washington and as Washington’s power to regulate our lives grew, opportunities and temptations for graft, influence peddling and cutting corners grew exponentially. Power breeds corruption.
The tax code is a monstrosity and there’s only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people.
A promise made should be a promise kept.
And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.
If a man breaks a pledge, the public ought to know it.
Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.
There’s plenty of juice to keep this economy going.
The words, ‘penalty,’ ‘restrict’ and ‘violate’ appeared more times in President Clinton’s health care reform bill than in his crime bill.
There’s no human censorship at kiosks.
Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world’s only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble.
Gold is a constant. It’s like a North Star.