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Just Say No to Stimulus
Read more: Just Say No to Stimulus“Congress should not enact an expensive spending bill under the pretense of stimulus or recovery. We cannot spend our way to prosperity, and such an expansion of the federal government will put a crushing burden on taxpayers in the long-term.” That’s the online petition at NoStimulus.com. This website, a project of Americans For Prosperity, provides…
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Annoyed by Anti-Annoyance Law
Read more: Annoyed by Anti-Annoyance LawHere’s Paul Jacob‘s commentary for today. I’m annoyed by a new law passed in the Michigan town of Brighton City. According to the ordinance, police may fine anyone who is too annoying in public. Up to $500. The ordinance states: “It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in a course of conduct or…
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Welcome to Washington
Read more: Welcome to WashingtonI am not entirely sure it is not, but my personal impression is that nothing makes people more cynical about government than working for it. I have never heard a libertarian speak about the futility of most government departments the way American and foreign officials often do in restaurants or bars on Capitol Hill, on…
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What does Success Mean for President Obama?
Read more: What does Success Mean for President Obama?Today’s Wichita Eagle editorial is typical of many that wish our new president success — for the good of the nation, of course. What, however, does success for President Obama mean? There are two (or more) ways that success might be realized. One definition of success is that President Obama is able to lead our…
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Wichita School Board Races Need Candidates
Read more: Wichita School Board Races Need CandidatesHere’s a letter from citizen activist John Todd, encouraging residents of USD 259, the Wichita school district, to consider running for and serving on its board. As of this morning, one incumbent and one other person have filed. With the passage of the $370 million dollar bond and with USD 259?s budget in excess of…
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GPACE “Sunflower” Questions Misleading
Read more: GPACE “Sunflower” Questions MisleadingThe website of the Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy contains a list of ten questions for Sunflower supporters. (It seems if you’re an environmentalist, the term “Sunflower” is enough to let you know what these questions are about. For normal Kansans, though, they’ll need a little more information. These questions refer to Sunflower Electric…
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Analysis: The Sebelius Court
Read more: Analysis: The Sebelius CourtSomehow, notice of a few things slipped by. First is the excellent Kansas Supreme Court Blog. I don’t know who is writing this blog, but it contains a great deal of information about its narrow topic. Second: From this blog I learned that the lawyer that Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius recently appointed to the Kansas…
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Wind power: look at costs of “boom”
Read more: Wind power: look at costs of “boom”There’s been a lot of investment in Nolan County, Texas. Things are booming. That’s pretty much the entire point of an op-ed piece in the Wichita Eagle by Scott Allegrucci. (Money Blowing in the Wind in Texas, January 16, 2009)
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Meet Ken Thomas, Wichita City Council Candidate
Read more: Meet Ken Thomas, Wichita City Council CandidateI received this invitation to meet Wichita city council candidate Ken Thomas this Saturday. If other candidates for this office (or other offices) have events they’d like to publicize, please notify me. My contact page is here. Ken Thomas for City Council Vote to get Wichita Working Again It takes all of us to make…
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Minimum Wage: Helpful? Or Not?
Read more: Minimum Wage: Helpful? Or Not?What’s one of the barriers to advancement by minorities in the workplace? We’re told that the minimum wage law is a guarantee that workers will not be exploited by greedy employers. But does it really work that way? Art Carden writes this in his article The Minimum Wage, Discrimination, and Inequality: Milton Friedman openly argued…
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Leave the New Deal in the history books
Read more: Leave the New Deal in the history booksSaturday’s Wall Street Journal contains an editorial (Leave the New Deal in the History Books) that contains a summary of the effect of the New Deal.
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Kansas Has Too Much Local Government
Read more: Kansas Has Too Much Local GovernmentFollowing is a press release from the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy regarding the high number of government employees in Kansas. This problem has been known for some time. In 2005, Alan Cobb of Americans For Prosperity noted that in the past five years “Kansas has lost 16,700 private sector jobs while the government…