Tag: Economics
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Articles of Interest
Subsidizing Bad Ideas What are some of the things wrong with the president’s plan to solve the mortgage crisis? Howie Rich of Americans For Limited Government explains: “First, the plan is emblematic of America?s new ?dependence mentality,? which is advanced by politicians like Obama who rhetorically extol the virtues that once made this country great…
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Wichita Tea Party, from AFP
Here’s a message from Americans For Prosperity’s Kansas state director Derrick Sontag about the Wichita Tea Party this Friday. It started with people like you, logging on and signing our petition at NoStimulus.com, and now we have a full-blown grassroots movement on our hands. One such activist, Nancy Armstrong, supported Hillary Clinton in the 2008…
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Area Residents Plan Wichita Tea Party
Grassroots movement sweeps into Wichita with anti-stimulus rally WICHITA — Grassroots activists in Wichita will rally outside Sen. Sam Brownback?s office on Friday, to show their appreciation to the senator for opposing the federal stimulus bill, and to demonstrate their frustration with big government spending. Nancy Armstrong, Garden Plain, organized the rally at 11:30 a.m.…
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Articles of Interest
Houston may pay down residents? personal debt ? up to $3,000 per person ? to help people buy homes (Texas Watchdog) “Houston taxpayers may foot the bill for people who want homes but can?t qualify for loans based on credit card debts, car loans or other bills.” Phony Stimulus?The Congressional Budget Office Tells It As…
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Wichita Tea Party
Wichita Tea Party This Friday
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Rumblings of pork protest — and a thank you — in Wichita
Friday February 27. 11:30 a.m. Mark the date. There will be protest in Wichita. Location: Farm Credit Bank Building, 245 N. Waco in Wichita. This is Senator Sam Brownback’s office. Our purpose is twofold: To thank Sen. Brownback for his vote against the pork-laden stimulus package, and to call attention to the nature of the…
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Articles of Interest
Socialism is Evil (Walter E. Williams) A reminder from Professor Williams of George Mason University as to why taxation is wrong, and it’s both political parties that are guilty. “The essence of socialism is the attenuation and ultimate abolition of private property rights. Attacks on private property include, but are not limited to, confiscating the…
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StopBailouts.net launched
Americans For Limited Government announces StopBailouts.net, an online petition in response to President Barack Obama’s $2.8 trillion financial plan to urge Congress to halt what ALG President Bill Wilson termed the ?greatest theft in human history.? ?Throughout 2008, and now into 2009, Congress, the Treasury, and the Federal Reserve have otherwise committed, appropriated, borrowed, and…
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Stimulus job creation in Kansas: wow
Sometimes you have to wonder about the magic numbers that proponents of government spending (or economic development) come up with. The Kansas Meadowlark explores a little arithmetic in his post 10,000 New Highway Jobs in Kansas? Brian Wilson Crunches the Numbers.
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Articles of Interest
Kansas Senate scraps higher fines for speeders along perilous roads (Jeanine Koranda, Wichita Eagle). In a defeat for Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, the Kansas senate decides to skip his plan for higher traffic fines along Wichita’s main east-west highway. Perhaps he’ll do better with entertainment zones. Upside-Down Economics (Michael Kinsley, Washington Post). In this column,…
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More coverage of Kansas Pork Protest
They’re the same photos that the Kansas Meadowlark took, but some different narrative. See Kansas Anti-Pork Revolt Draws 750 American Citizens!