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Firms that made wrong decisions should fail
Read more: Firms that made wrong decisions should failSo says Anna Schwartz. She co-authored, with Milton Friedman, A Monetary History of the United States. She has insight into what’s going on right now. Read the Wall Street Journal’s Weekend interview Bernanke Is Fighting the Last War.
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John Stossel’s Politically Incorrect Guide to Politics
Read more: John Stossel’s Politically Incorrect Guide to PoliticsBe sure to view all four parts. It’s very good. Click here for part one.
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Sedgwick County Employees Grow Faster Than Population
Read more: Sedgwick County Employees Grow Faster Than PopulationHere’s a chart that shows the number of Sedgwick County residents for each Sedgwick County employee: Although there have been ups and downs, the trend is that Sedgwick County employee count is growing faster than the county’s population.
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Another Wichita School Bond Issue Cartoon
Read more: Another Wichita School Bond Issue CartoonHelen Cochran of Citizens for Better Education has released another political cartoon whose topic is the Wichita school bond issue. Click here to go to CBE’s website and see this cartoon. The others are there, too.
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Wichita School Bond: Time Is Not Right
Read more: Wichita School Bond: Time Is Not RightIn a Wichita Eagle article Economy now is right to support the school bond, USD 259, the Wichita school district, Interim Superintendent Martin Libhart reminds us of the study prepared by Wichita State University that touts the economic benefit of the previous bond issue. My analysis of this report can be read at Wichita School…
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How are Tim Norton and Marcey Gregory For Low Taxes in Sedgwick County?
Read more: How are Tim Norton and Marcey Gregory For Low Taxes in Sedgwick County?Richard Taylor, President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Kansas, in a news story stated “Marcy Gregory and Tim Norton are for low taxes and they are for jobs and people.” I don’t know where Mr. Taylor learned about these two candidates, but stating that both are for low taxes must…
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Wichita School District’s Claims Must be Questioned
Read more: Wichita School District’s Claims Must be QuestionedAt a Wichita school bond issue debate on October 14, 2008, I challenged USD 259, the Wichita school district, to give evidence of their claim that smaller class sizes lead to better student achievement. That’s because I’ve been waiting a week for both USD 259 and the “Yes for Kids” group to respond to my…
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Marcey Gregory Ad Fact Check
Read more: Marcey Gregory Ad Fact CheckA recent advertisement by Sedgwick County Commission Candidate Marcey Gregory in the October 12, 2008 Wichita Eagle contained a few points that deserve comment and clarification. First, the ad, as part of a checklist of attributes or characteristics of Gregory, has the item “Lower taxes.” If she’s proclaiming that we need lower taxes, voters only…
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Wichita School Spending Incomplete Coverage
Read more: Wichita School Spending Incomplete CoverageA Wichita Eagle article (Would economic crisis affect the sale of bonds?) contains some potentially misleading information about USD 259, the Wichita school district, spending. In answering the question “How much does the district spend per student?” the figure given by chief financial officer Linda Jones was $11,659 per student. This figure is based on…
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What Ray Frederick Forgot to Include about Marcey Gregory
Read more: What Ray Frederick Forgot to Include about Marcey GregoryEditor’s note: the original version of this article contained an error in arithmetic, which has been corrected. In Sunday’s Wichita Eagle, Wichita businessman Ray Frederick wrote a letter supporting Marcey Gregory for the Sedgwick County Commission. In listing her qualifications, he wrote “Gregory is for low taxes.” That doesn’t square with Gregory’s recent actions. On…
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Wichita Eagle’s Rhonda Holman on Wichita school bond issue
Read more: Wichita Eagle’s Rhonda Holman on Wichita school bond issueThe Wichita Eagle’s Rhonda Holman, in her recent editorial Business should get off fence on bond, urges voters to get educated about the proposed Wichita School bond issue. It would be helpful if she’d do the same.
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Steve Moore at AFP Defending the American Dream
Read more: Steve Moore at AFP Defending the American DreamSteve 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…