Let’s face it. Small business people have not had any true or significant representation at any level of government, at least over the course of my small business ownership career. Yes, political lip service correctly touts small business as the engine of the economy. But that’s where it stops. Income tax and healthcare policy ruthlessly…
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Tom DeWeese
American Education Fails Because it Isn’t Education
By Tom DeWeese The debate over public education grows more heated. Regularly, reports are released showing that the academic abilities of American students continue to fall when compared to those in other countries. Twenty years ago the U.S. ranked first in the world in the number of young adults who had high school diplomas and…
Iain Murray
Big-government liberals think they can control how kids eat at school;
How long before they try to control how kids eat the rest of the day? By Iain Murray National Review. The government robber barons justify themselves by telling you that big government is for your own good or, even better, “it’s for the children!” What they really do is treat you like a child. The…
General
Nothing is impossible! In spite of experts.
“A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make,” — Response to Debbi Fields’ idea of starting Mrs. Fields’ Cookies. “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out,” — Decca Recording Co. rejecting the…
Dan Knodl, Government Circus
Two Different States, Two Different Budgets
By Dan Knodl I noted with interest a recent Chicago Tribune article entitled, “Illinois budget deficit to hit $8 billion despite tax increase.” As I read the article, I could not help but to think of the dramatically different way in which our two states addressed our budget deficits — and how the results can…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT
The Week That Was November 12, 2011 Quote of the Week “We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free…