Congressional inaction would save taxpayers $6 billion, and bring other benefits, too By Paul Driessen What am I missing? There must be some aspect of our insane energy policies that I fail to appreciate. “We the People” just booted a boatload of spendthrifts out of Congress, after they helped engineer a $1.3 trillion deficit on…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Dr. Hans Labohm
Climate change no longer scary in Europe
It’s not the climate, but the tide of opinion that’s changing in Europe and around the globe By Dr. Hans Labohm The upcoming climate change (and wealth redistribution) summit in Cancun – coupled with Bjorn Lomborg’s ongoing publicity campaign for his new film – makes one thing painfully obvious. The fight against the delusion of…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT
The Week That Was November 27, 2010 Quote of the Week “That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. Tennyson – The Grandmother. [H/t John Brignell, Number Watch] Number of the Week 30 This…
Short Takes
Short Takes
Government Circus
Our Tax System Explained: Bar Stool Economics
Suppose that every day, 10 men go out for beer and the bill for all 10 comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3.…
Heartland Institute
Obama EPA Prepares Economic Body Blow
By James M. Taylor Any hope for a rapid and forceful U.S. economic recovery is taking a punch to the gut under new greenhouse gas restrictions issued by the Obama administration. The Environmental Protection Agency is making economic malaise a new national priority by forcing power plants, refineries, large industrial operations, and other large, stationary…