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By Will Offensicht | Jan 22, 2008 |
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Government ought to be able to help the economy - assuming that politicians want the economy to grow and assuming that the government is able to do what the politicians promise.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 18, 2008 |
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We don't disparage the motives of politicians, they have the same motives we do. We don't distrust the motives of bureaucrats, we trust them all too well.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 16, 2008 |
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Why can't we Americans buy cheap cars? The cheapest car in the US costs about $20,000, about 8 times the cost of Tata's offering.
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By Petrarch | Nov 2, 2007 |
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What are we to make of the news that career State Department staffers are refusing to go to Iraq?
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By Petrarch | Oct 25, 2007 |
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Why such a difference between the handling of the California fires, vs Katrina in New Orleans?
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By Will Offensicht | Oct 18, 2007 |
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These bridges have needed fixing for 25 years and they're still operating?
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By Petrarch | Oct 3, 2007 |
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In recent years, the dream of home ownership has gotten farther and farther out of reach, as house prices have escalated. According to a recent study, the primary cause is excessive zoning laws - that is, government over-regulation.
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By Will Offensicht | Aug 24, 2007 |
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"It is the duty of every officer of His Majesty's Navy, to discharge powder and shot in the general direction of the enemy."
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By Petrarch | Jul 23, 2007 |
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Brazil serves as an object lesson in how government incompetence - not greed, not really bribery even, certainly not totalitarianism, just simple incompetence - can make life difficult on an otherwise free and vibrant economy.