The Unbroken Window

Horizontal Inequality

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2007

Rather than just rant on and on about how complex the tax code is and how long it takes families to comply with a satisfactory completion of the state and federal tax returns, I wanted to highlight two simple facts. My tax return software is able to tell me what the tax profiles of other [...]

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Quick Take on John Kerry

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2007

The Berkshire County Republican Association has asked me to briefly comment on John Kerry pulling out of the race for the White House in 2008. They probably don’t understand that I am not a republican, but I think anyone who opposes the Democratic agenda is welcome in the BCRA in Berkshire County (the population is [...]

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The Minimum Wage Charade

Posted in Price Controls on Jan 23rd, 2007

Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is promising to enact legislation to increase the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour within the first 100 hours of the convening of the 110 th Congress on January 4. It would mark the first increase in the minimum wage since 1997 and the twentieth since the [...]

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Two Health Insurance Facts

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2007

Much is made about the 46.6 million uninsured Americans – it is such a large number that I believe it will be the catalyst for a semi-nationalized health system before the next two decades have passed. What do we know about these uninsureds? 14.56 million come from households earning less than $25,000 per year. Which [...]

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No Ordinary Leader

Posted in Economic Illiteracy on Jan 13th, 2007

A colleague and I have just published this column in our local paper. Surprising that it got in, but nor surprising is the intial reader reaction – not one comment in the economics or the issues we raise, rather a plea to “give him time” before railing on him. Typical in this country – it [...]

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