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Tag Archives: Congress
For our Planet and Soul
Want to cut taxes, decrease the deficit, reduce regulations and improve the environment? A carbon tax would accomplish all that, but it has surprisingly few supporters. In fact, policy makers are running the other way. Economists have long argued … Continue reading
It doesn’t make any sense VII
Seven nationwide cases of tampering with drug bottles, and now we have packaging standards throughout the industry. Ten thousand gun deaths per year, and nothing. The NRA is more powerful than big pharma, the airline industry and our government. What … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs On Current Affairs & Events, Leadership, Money, Political
Tagged Congress, crime, gun violence, NRA, The Daiily Show
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“It doesn’t make any sense” V
“Or does it?” Harvard University recently revealed that about half of the undergraduates in a course given in the Spring semester were suspected of cheating on a take-home exam. Can you guess what course was involved? None other than “Introduction … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs On Current Affairs & Events, Political
Tagged Alan Abelson, cheating, Congress, Harvard
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“It doesn’t make any sense” III
Ethanol subsidies, first introduced in 1978 and expanded by Congress many times since, is one of the most egregious examples of ill-conceived government policy one can find. These subsidies have inflated food prices, undercut the competitiveness of U.S. cattle, hog … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs On Current Affairs & Events, Economics, Environment, Money, Political
Tagged biofuel, climate change, CO2, Congress, corn, deforestation, ethanol, food prices, fossil fuels, gasoline prices, global warming, pollution, renewable energy, subsidies, The Nature Conservancy
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People Power
A recent article proclaimed: “President Barack Obama appeals directly to the public in hopes of influencing a deficit reduction deal.” That was a step in the right direction as Congress was largely dysfunctional during the debt ceiling negotiations. Therefore, it made perfect … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs On Current Affairs & Events, Leadership, Political
Tagged Congress, entitlements, Obama, subsidies, taxes
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