Archive for Big Brother
Now I Can’t Get to Colombia!
The recently-passed Senate Bill 1813 has an interesting provision: SEC. 40304. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT IN CASE OF CERTAIN UNPAID TAXES. (a) In General- Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘SEC. 7345. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT [...]
Read morePotpourri
* Here is a trailer for a novel (The Eagle Has Crashed) where the author had hired me to review his economic projections. * David R. Henderson brings our attention to a truly shocking op ed by Stanley Fish regarding the alleged double standard on the Bill Maher / Rush Limbaugh / using-naughty-words-to-describe-women issue. * [...]
Read moreLeon Panetta Cues the Empire Theme Music
Just watch the first 80 seconds, that’s all you need… And Panetta is right: This is a bipartisan affair.
Read moreThe Master Plan
In preparation for a presentation Carlos Lara and I gave at the recent Infinite Banking Concept (IBC) Think Tank, our go-to guy on all technical matters, John Connolly, found some really cool footage in the national archives. I asked John to cull out the promotional stuff and just show the historical footage. They were trying [...]
Read moreThe Joke’s On Me
Over at EconLog Bryan Caplan writes: “Stand up for yourself” isn’t just overrated; it’s also misdirected. We’re quickest to dispense this advice to the people least likely to benefit from it. Consider: If you have wealth and power, standing up for yourself tends to work well. But we usually advise the wealthy and powerful to [...]
Read moreSkullduggery in Maine
If you haven’t really been paying attention to the allegations of vote fraud in Maine, you really need to watch this whole thing. (HT2 LRC) It starts out a bit slow in the beginning but then it gets pretty good. For rank-and-file Republicans, I have a question for you: Isn’t it weird how your side [...]
Read moreHow the Private Bankers Are Using the Financial Crisis to Reshape World Government
How’s that for a neutral title? If you are willing to play this in the background, there are a few decent jokes sprinkled throughout.
Read moreFollow-Up on Labor versus Investment Taxes
Steve Landsburg thinks he’s got Mate in One in the comments of my previous post, so before he declares victory let me write this follow-up post. To set the context (again), I am dissatisfied when Steve (talking about Mitt Romney) uses a thought experiment to conclude, “people with investment income bear a higher tax burden, [...]
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