Tag: Free markets
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Sustainable planning: The agenda and details
A paper written by Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau explains the dangers behind the sustainable planning movement.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday December 12, 2011
Today: Kansas budget; Trade protectionism makes us poorer; A new day in politics?; Harm of expanding government explained; Youthful senator to speak; Markets: exploitation or empowerment?
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Wichita’s political class
Discussion at a Wichita City Council meeting provided an opportunity for citizens to discover the difference in the thinking of the political class and those who value limited government and capitalism.
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Crony capitalism and social engineering: The case against tax-increment financing
Far from being a boost to communities, tax increment financing (TIF) is harmful.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday November 23, 2011
Today: Standing up for fundamental liberties; Private property saved the Pilgrims; Did Grover Norquist derail the Supercommittee; Drive-through petition signing; Job creation; Experts.
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The use of regulation by business, contrary to markets
Business often uses government regulation as way to harm its competitors or gain advantage for itself, which is contrary to the principles of free markets and capitalism.
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‘Sustainable planning’ not so sustainable
The vast majority of Americans, surveys say, aspire to live in a single-family home with a yard. The vast majority of American trave — around 85 percent — is by automobile. Yet the Obama administration thinks more Americans should live in apartments and travel on foot, bicycle, or mass transit.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 31, 2011
Today: Wichita City Council; Crony capitalism; Kansas pensions; Global economics to be discussed in Wichita; Progress, or not; Business and politics.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 26, 2011
Today: Tax increment financing; Tax incentives questioned; The Moral Case Against Spreading the Wealth; Political pretense vs. market performance; Increasing taxes not seen as solution.