This is not good. First, taxes. Half of Detroit property owners don’t pay taxes – The Detroit News: Detroit — Nearly half of the owners of Detroit’s 305,000 properties failed to pay their tax bills last year, exacerbating a punishing…
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How Does OWS Want To Be Like Big Wall Street Banks?
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Prof. Coyne makes a fantastic point, in this case OWS does not want less corruption and cronyism, they simply want more of it for themselves.
When Is A Cut Actually An Increase?
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When you’re the government. Only in that world can this kind of sophistry make sense. The $995 billion Sequester Cut Is Actually a $110 Billion Spending Increase – Forbes: The Congressional Budget Office gives its baseline budget projections for fiscal years…
A USPS Update: Who Is Lobbying & Why?
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The US Postal Service “lost $15.9 billion last fiscal year and an additional $1.3 billion in the quarter that ended Dec. 31.” Why is a federal government agency lobbying? Makes you wonder if some people view the USPS as primarily a make-work…
The Camel’s Nose In The Tent: Retirement Savings Edition
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They only want to do this to help you, their motives are purely altruistic. </sarcasm> This story reminds me of of how Dr. Roberts often mentions the (apocryphal?) story of Willie Sutton being asked why he robbed banks: “Sutton is…
Liberty & Govt At Work: Drones, Lew, Dialysis, and More!
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Some gems today. Dr. Roberts is on the case. Bring on the savings! (But no hurry): The Medicare system is recalculating how much it will reimburse hospitals and clinics for the drugs used to treat dialysis patients after federal auditors…
Govt. Fraud Alert: NJ Disability Edition
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This seems almost too much to be true. Wow. Exposing Fraud in New Jersey’s Broken Pension System – Reason.com: Timothy Carroll retired at age 33. He claimed he was “totally and permanently” disabled by the trauma of seeing dead bodies…
How Govt. Warps Markets and Prosperity: Milk Edition
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Remember this old post on Collusion, Price-Gouging, or Predatory-Pricing? Worth a chuckle. Need more evidence of how govt. warps markets and sensible behavior? State regulators crack down on grocery chain for selling cheap milk – The Daily Caller: Louisiana state regulators recently…
Raisin Serfdom In The Great U.S.A.
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Via the Coyote Blog. If you’re not deeply concerned, you’re not paying attention. And yet each day you can see countless Tweets and FB posts proclaiming that our woes are due to living in some kind of libertarian free-market utopia. Raisin Farmers…
Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss
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Nothing to see here, move along. Critics Decry Looser Rules For Inauguration Fundraising : It’s All Politics : NPR: A week from Monday, President Obama is to take his public oath of office for a second term. The inauguration will…