by Andrew Moran | Sep 5, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Culture Rot, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
In 2004, George Lakoff, a progressive professor at Berkeley, averred that nobody became successful on his or her own. He asserted that there is no such thing as a self-made man or a self-made millionaire because nobody makes money “without using the common wealth.”...
by Andrew Moran | Aug 16, 2019 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Taxes
It appears the state of Illinois and the city of Baltimore have a lot of things in common – not just two American League baseball teams with under .500 records. Falling population numbers, pension shortfalls, high tax rates, terrifying finances, and inept leadership:...
by Mark Angelides | Jul 31, 2019 | Articles, Politics, Taxes, The Constitution, The Left, Trump Administration
California Governor Gavin Newsome has signed into law the “Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act,” in an attempt to force President Trump to release his tax returns or risk being banned from the 2020 ballot in the Golden State. The bill (SB...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 16, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Taxes
Welcome to another installment of Swamponomics: Liberty Nation’s dive into the week’s morass of top news stories and the stream of economic fallacies that have been accepted as conventional wisdom by swamp creatures for years. Schumpeter’s Gale Eats Bricklayers In...
by Archived Author | Feb 15, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Taxes
Many prominent people, including Elon Musk, have promoted the idea of universal basic income (UBI) – a guaranteed minimum payday, funded by taxpayers, earned simply by breathing. It should not come as a surprise that fiscal conservatives are anything but happy about...