Category: Free markets
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Steve Moore at AFP Defending the American Dream
Steve Moore, The Wall Street Journal: Washington created this crisis! We can move towards capitalism or socialism. … Lefties want to socialize this economy. … Liberals love jobs but they hate employers. We’re redefining welfare benefits as tax cuts. … You can not create jobs by taxing small business! … No more bailouts! What harms…
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Herman Cain at AFP Defending the American Dream Summit
Herman Cain: Prosperity is less taxes, less spending, and less government. Nancy Pelosi believes that property is a “new direction.” … I have a message for all the liberal kool-aid drinkers: There is no Department of Happy in Washington DC! Prosperity equals the pursuit of happiness, not a guarantee. allenfuller tweeted: “He [Cain’s father] achieved…
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Fred Barnes at AFP Defending the American Dream Summit
Fred Barnes remarks: The election is not over. Sarah Palin knows this, but I wish someone would tell John McCain. We need to prepare for the worst. We may face liberal majorities in congress and a liberal president. … The crisis may not ease. … There may be no veto of liberal legislation. A great…
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Bloggers Row Video from Defending the American Dream
Video from bloggers row at Americans For Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit:
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AFP Defending the American Dream Summit 2008-10-11
Mayor Steve Lonegan, State Director, AFP-New Jersey, who is an inspirational speaker: The greedy businessman? But what about those who represent us in Washington? The central planners attack productivity and call it greed.
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Photos from AFP Defending the American Dream Summit
Photographs taken today at the Americans For Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington, DC. I am the photographer, except for one photo in which I am the subject. Click here for the photos at Picasa Web Albums.
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Our Economic Past — Equality, Markets, and Morality
Free markets may yield odd results and certainly unequal outcomes, but the greater opportunities and prosperity have made the tradeoff worthwhile for American society. From Our Economic Past ~ Equality, Markets, and Morality by Burton Folsom, Jr., posted at the Foundation for Economic Education.
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Wichita School District: TIF Action Tests Accountability and Ethics
The real problem with this TIF district, however, is the conduct of the applicant, who is a member of this board. At a meeting of the Wichita City Council, Reverend Harding told the council that he had informed his fellow school board members of what he was doing. But two members of this board have…
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Diversity Is What Starbucks Decides It Is
Paul Jacob, in a Common Sense commentary writes about David Boaz’s article in the Wall Street Journal (available at the Cato Institute) which describes the effort to obtain a customized Starbucks card with the phrase “laissez-faire” printed on it.