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"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up b...

As some of you know, I was a political science major. This has made me a lifelong skeptic of the numbers and statistics that politicians spo...

No, this isn't a blog about the budget...although there's plenty of fuzzy math in those numbers (but that's a story for another ...

A friend recently sent me this video from a 1979 interview of Milton Friedman.  Good stuff!

A latest article from the Associated Press indicates that despite Treasury Secretary Geithner's super spin that the "bailouts are c...

Yes, it's been a long time since I've written anything on this blog -- work, school, more work and just general life got in the way....

Supporters of the healthcare bill have been dancing in the streets since yesterday's report indicated that the Congressional Budget Offi...