One of the biggest drivers of America’s massive spending and debt problem is our inability to weigh the good intentions of programs that spend billions of dollars against the actual results that those programs produce.
The three Republican front-runners are now each out with tax proposals. None of the three has yet touched many hearts nor quickened many pulses.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban caused a stir earlier this week on his blog. He opined that paying taxes is, “the most patriotic thing you can do.”
The human capacity for self-delusion is the only thing that explains why the left continues to cling to a tired and discredited belief system.
The piper has arrived in Europe, seeking to be paid for 60 years of social entitlement spending. Everyone knows that the piper’s next stop is the United States.
The more you convince people to take goodies from the government rather than provide for themselves, the more votes you can count on come election day.
The parental decision concerning kicking newly graduated college kids out of the house is a microcosm of our societal decision about dependency. Pushing a kid out in the world to make it on his or her own is almost always the best thing you can do for the kid.
Even a sweeping Republican victory on Tuesday will not be enough to address the problems America now faces.