Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 21st, 2010
… go to waste without awarding your union cronies. Mark Perry excepts two pieces on the Jones Act: Wall Street Journal — President Obama has repeatedly said his Administration is doing everything in its power to expedite the oil clean-up and mitigate the damage. But in the two weeks immediately after the spill, 13 foreign […]
Posted in Economics Problems on Jun 21st, 2010
Professor Landsburg calls Krugman out for his dishonest (to put it nicely) presentation of the issue of deficit spending. Here is Krugman: In America, many self-described deficit hawks are hypocrites, pure and simple. They’re eager to slash benefits for those in need but their concerns about red ink vanish when it comes to tax breaks […]
Posted in Education on Jun 21st, 2010
In my local school district there is a total population of 33,000 people. The school employs 569 “professional” staff and 596 “Support” Staff. The school district therefore employs 1,165 people – 51% of whom are support staff (i.e. not involved in the education of the children). Furthermore, notice that they call non-support staff, “Professional” which […]
