This week a number of my friends, well respected Christian leaders, wrote a public letter encouraging Christ followers to vote for the Democrat incumbent Scott Peters in the 52nd Congressional District race instead of the endorsed Republican, Carl DeMaio. They did so on the basis of a moral issue – his position on same sex marriage. As a Christ follower …
Is the U.S. – like Europe – doomed by its distributionist schemes?
Is our nation economically doomed like Europe? I’m not a doomsday guy, but logically the answer is eventually YES. Two factoids indicate that we are at or past the “tipping point”: 1. 48.5%, of the population lived in a household that received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2010. http://tinyurl.com/3lqyslj (WALL ST JOURNAL) 2. 51% of …
Surprise! Raise state income taxes, more rich folks leave
RICHARD RIDER COMMENT: Studies continue to find a correlation between the level of state taxation and domestic migration of the wealthy between states. More state tax — more net outmigration. Gee, what a surprise! Who’d ‘a thunk it? Certainly not spendthrift politicians. I’ve written on this several times. Those of you who get my “Breaking Bad — CA vs. Other …
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