Where Does Our Tax Money Go?
The Washington Times has a breakdown of where the $21,992 collected per household goes. By the way, the federal government will spend $24,106 per household. I don’t know how you do your budget in your house, but that doesn’t add up at mine. Here’s a quick list of where the money goes, with some commentary [...]
Free Market at Work in the Blogosphere
There is quite a soap opera going on at Just Another Pretty Farce regarding Mrs. Coble’s issues with JL Kirk & Associates. Here’s a quick synopsis: Mr. and Mrs. Coble felt ripped off by an employment agency, and she blogged about it. JL Kirk & Associates got mad about that, and one of their employees [...]
Girls Just Wanna Have Fights!
And teachers are doing nothing about it! This is news!!! Local6 in Orlando has video as well, if that’s something you want to watch. Not for me, thanks. “The teacher was just sitting there, and as soon as they started hitting each other, the teacher had called someone else,” student Partrick Charite said. Witnesses also [...]
Why Competition and Free Markets Benefit Everyone–Professional Wrestling
Huh? Think professional wrestling has nothing to do with legitimate competition? Read on… I’m proud to admit that I’m a big fan of professional wrestling. I have been since I was a kid. Back then, when I thought it was real, I was drawn in by the characters, the storylines, the drama, and the suspense. [...]
Minimum Wage Increase
The Farragut Press‘s commentary about minimum wage increases brings up some interesting points, primarily that raising the minimum wage won’t help poor people because the cost of everything will rise, and some companies will be forced to eliminate some jobs in order to pay the remaining employees the higher wages. These are legitimate arguments, but [...]
