We all know why Big Business, Big Non-Profit, Big Labor, and Big Tribalism donate money to federal politicians. They want Congress to pass laws that favor them with some form of cronyism—that is, they want either tax-avoiding loopholes, revenue-enhancing subsidies, or competition-hobbling regulations. Not all lobbying is bad, of course. If I were a billionaire, …
In part one of this two-part series, I made the case that being fake dependent on government subsidies is much more preferable to being real dependent on government subsidies. I also made the observation that far too many Americans find themselves on the wrong side of the dependency divide—without government subsidies, their quality of life …
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What is a government subsidy? For the purposes of this post, a government subsidy is a government benefit that derives from any government program that is exclusionary. Obamacare, for instance, isn’t open to all Americans. In order to get an Obamacare subsidy, you must have a low or modest income. If you make too much, …
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Is America’s criminal justice system racist? Of course, it is. Our woke overlords say it is and they use their cultural hegemony to drive home the narrative that our police, DAs, and judges are out to get Americans of color, especially black Americans. And this is why black Americans, for instance, are overrepresented in our …
I have a simple definition of property. Here it is: Property is anything that people can legally own and has value, whether that value is real or sentimental. Using the above definition as a guide, I believe there are four kinds of property. Here they are: Classic: This is the stuff that immediately pops into …