On Economics

A Suggestion for Will Smith

May 9, 2012 News

The Huffington Post reports that Actor Will Smith “is supporting President Barack Obama’s call for higher taxes on the country’s top earners.” Specifically, the POTUS has called for what is known as the Buffet rule that anyone earning over $1 million a year should have to pay a minimum of 30 percent in tax. In [...]

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How Your Tax Dollars Are Spent

April 18, 2012 On Big Government

My thanks to Peter Kim from www.accountingdegreeonline.net for sharing this infographic with me and allowing me to share it online. Created by: Accounting Degree Online

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On Beer and Taxes

March 20, 2012 On Big Government

I wish I was this smart. Author unknown. Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100… If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this… The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth [...]

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Privatize Prisons? Not the real issue

February 16, 2012 On Economics

An article this week by Chris Kirkham in the Huffington Post analyzes the merits of states privatizing their prisons in an attempt to control costs. It is an excellent piece that is truly a balanced view of the situation. There is, however, one thing wrong with the article – it is concerned with a symptom, [...]

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On Unfunded Liabilities

October 5, 2010 News

While there is much talk in the Texas media about the budget shortfall of $21 billion. I think the more important issue is the unfunded liability of $193 billion (and rising every year.) This is according to the National Center for Policy Analysis, Policy Report No. 329 by Courtney Collins and Andrew J. Rettenmaier, published [...]

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On the Pacific Research Institute

September 24, 2010 On Big Government

Last night at the candidate forum sponsored by the Allen Area Patriots, one questioner inquired about my source for Texas being listed 31st as a state in economic freedom. My answer was the Pacific Research Institute. With pleasure I present a video about this terrific organization.   Click this sentence if you are interested in [...]

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Reason 1 Why Republicans Should Consider Voting for Me

September 15, 2010 On Big Government

This classic strip appeared in the papers on a couple of Sundays ago. If you are truly looking for a smaller government, you must consider voting Libertarian. As Libertarian Party executive director Wes Benedict said: Republicans are trying to fool you again. There are two kinds of Tea Partiers. One kind is so blinded by [...]

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“Austin, We Have a Problem!”

August 11, 2010 On Big Government

This came across my desk today from multiple sources, so I will give thanks to the first person who sent it to me, my friend and Libertarian Candidate for US Congress for District 4, Jim Prindle. According to a study on the economic freedom of the States published by the Pacific Research Institute,  Texas has [...]

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For your viewing pleasure

July 21, 2010 On Big Government

In the past two days, I have come across a few videos that provide some excellent and cogent commentary on issues of import. In the first, Jeff Miron and Mary O’Grady crystallize the problem with the “war” on drugs. It is interesting to note that many people who are pro-WOD are pro-WOT (“war” on terror), [...]

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A Rational Tax Proposal

July 13, 2010 On Big Government

A recent email exchange with my advisor, David Hall, led to some thoughts on what is and ought to be a fair and rational taxation system for the State of Texas. We agreed that a consumption tax is without question the fairest way to assess and collect taxes. If elected I would move to eliminate [...]

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