Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Government Gone Wild, Transportation and Infrastructure on Dec 7th, 2011
Throw them in jail. From Coyote: California voters — unskeptical, unrealistic, and gullible — nevertheless trusted their elected and unelected technocrats in Sacramento to be telling them the truth when they agreed to a $9.95 billion bond issue for high speed rail. It turns out, even according the HSR’s most fervent supporters, that the numbers […]
Posted in Taxation on Dec 7th, 2011
The neo-conservatives report on income taxes: What changes here isn’t the solvency of the trust fund. What changes is where the money comes from. Payroll taxes mainly come from the middle and working classes. The general fund is supported by income taxes, which mainly come from the well-off and the rich. So, generally speaking, a […]
Posted in Education, Immigration, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Dec 7th, 2011
I heard a new point made the other day from someone who was arguing with someone else about whether immigrants should be allowed in America. I first heard the argument that immigrants pay less in taxes than they use in social programs and therefore are a net drain on the US. I won’t address that […]