Climate Surprise: Why More CO2 is Good for the Earth

(Hat tip: KimR) - I had the good fortune to attend a talk by conservative author Mark Steyn at the Princeton Club in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, sponsored by Roger Kimball’s The New Criterion and co-sponsored by the newly formed CO₂ Coalition, founded by Princeton physicist Will Happer. Read more at Stream.org Read More......

Is registering the poor to vote un-American?

By Matthew Vadum (Hat tip: JHD)- Why are left-wing activist groups so keen on registering the poor to vote? ✧ Because they know the poor can be counted on to vote themselves more benefits by electing redistributionist politicians. Read more at American Thinker...

Note the difference between what Cloward & Piven want(ed) to achieve and what Thomas Sowell knows will lift the poor out of poverty in his recent article, "Two Different Worlds." --bc Read More......

The End is Not Nigh!

CASCADE POLICY INSTITUTE/INSIDER, by Joseph Cox (guest) - Why not increasing the U.S. debt ceiling may not be the end of the world. “The end of days is nigh,” or at least that’s what you hear from President Obama when he says, “We would risk sparking a deep economic crisis….For the first time in our history, our country’s triple-A credit rating would be downgraded. Interest rates would skyrocket on credit cards, on mortgages and on car loans, which amounts to a huge tax hike on the American people.” ∴ In fact, nobody knows the consequences of a debt deal – or of the absence of one. But maybe not raising the debt ceiling actually would benefit the economy. There are three reasons for this:

1. Treasury rates are not necessarily the lowest rates
   
2. A rise in inflation may release productive money
   
3. A drop in government support could reintroduce healthy moral hazard into financing and investment

Let’s go through these in detail: Read more at Cascade Policy Institute Read More......

Rep. Richardson: Should Oregon Continue Paying 100% of Employee Health Benefits?

REP. DENNIS RICHARDSON, NEWSLETTER, 6/17/2011

[Excerpt] HB 2011 would require State of Oregon workers to begin paying something toward their group medical, dental and vision benefits. This is something many school districts already ask of their employees, including teachers. ∴ I believe it is time for state workers to begin paying at least $50 per month toward the $1200 monthly bill for state worker group health benefits. If this $50 minimum payment were required, more than $69 million would be generated in 2011-13—that is $69 million that could be used for high priority programs. Read more at Rep. Richardson's Newsletter...

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Tax the rich, make them pay their 'fair share'

Average annual incomes (US):

Private sector, $40,331
Public sector, $71,206

CITY JOURNAL, Winter 2005, The Real Engine of Blue America by Steven Malanga - There are no Blue states—only Blue cities, where tax eaters rule. Read More......

Poll: More Workers Worry About Keeping Their Job, Benefits

GALLUP, 8/13/2009 - American workers are considerably more worried now about being laid off, having their wages and benefits reduced, and having their hours cut than they were at the same time last year. See more Gallup poll results... Read More......