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Written by Sean Fieler & Jeffrey Bell
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Friday, 07 May 2010 09:33 |
The rise of the tea party movement is a sign that voters may be prepared to consider unorthodox proposals.
Quick link to this article: http://tinyurl.com/thegoldstandard
Washington's elites are quietly preparing a post-election fiscal compromise that will fund much of President Barack Obama's domestic spending agenda with huge tax increases. They aim to create a value-added tax and will argue that there is no alternative even though doing so will leave the United States resembling the stagnant, bureaucratic nations of Western Europe.
But there is an alternative. The U.S. could return to a gold standard, a system that would not only prevent the government from running chronic budget deficits but would also curb attempts to manipulate the value of the dollar for political reasons.
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Fragoso: Every Regulatory Rose Has Its Thorn |
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Written by Michael Fragoso
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:41 |
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[Mr. Fragoso's Friday submission reminds the editor of the clerihew penned by Sir Edmund Bentley:
Sir Edmund Davy
abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
of having discovered sodium.
Hopefully you have enjoyed this brief poetic interlude. And now without further ado, Mr. Fragoso:]
Every Regulatory Rose Has Its Thorn
Recently the public has received word that the Obama’s Food and Drug Administration is seeking to regulate the salt found in manufactured food in order to reduce Americans’ sodium intake.
Well, word has just come down that musical group Poison’s frontman Bret Michaels, who recently was stricken with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, is suffering from hyponatremia. So while the FDA is trying to get us all to eat less salt, one of the rockingest men alive is in the ICU because of too little salt.
Obviously, I’m not saying that Michaels’ condition moots the efforts of the FDA and Obama’s health police. I just think the juxtaposition goes to show that the same sodium whose overuse so worries the current Public Health establishment, is similarly unhealthy in its absence. These sorts of behavioral health questions entail numerous competing goods and balancing of risks by citizen consumers.
Maybe - just maybe - people should be free to choose how much sodium is too much or too little for themselves, cognizant of both the Scylla of hypertension and the Charybdis of hyponatremia.Maybe Obama’s public health establishment will decide to treat us like adults and scrap this boneheaded idea. Now that’s something to believe in. |
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Anderson: The Gulf Oil Spill and Eco-nomics |
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Written by Thomas Peters
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010 09:40 |
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Continuing our discussion of the Gulf oil spill and discovering ways to prevent such ecological disasters in the future, Ryan Anderson has today published more reflections on this important topic at the Public Discourse. (You may read my "3 Real BP Oil Spill Lessons" here and Murray's suggestions here.)
Anderson asks "Are market economies friends or foes of the environment?"
One of his observations:
"Undoubtedly BP would have had better safety mechanisms in place—known how to use their equipment and not been reckless, in the words of Dionne—if they were economically liable not only for the full costs of the cleanup but for the property rights they would be violating if the Gulf were not a giant commons. As it stands, however, a 1990 law passed by Congress limits the economic damages that can be collected after an oil spill to $75 million. Democrats in Congress now are trying to raise this to $10 billion. BP has a net worth of around $250 billion, and if all of that was on the line one can imagine how much more careful they would have been. Not relying on the good intentions of business or the wisdom and benevolence of government, but instead relying on economic incentives is the key. It’s not that market economies failed us in the Gulf, but that they were never put to work in the first place."
Read the rest of his fine piece here. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 14 June 2010 23:55 |
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APP Founder Robert George honored by Becket Fund |
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Written by Thomas Peters
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Monday, 21 June 2010 12:03 |
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 Last week our founder Robert George was in Washington DC again, this time to accept the Becket Fund's Canterbury Medal, honoring his work on behalf of religious freedom. CNA has posted a report on the event:
"Over 350 civil rights and religious leaders representing dozens of religions will gather at the Washington, D.C. Four Seasons hotel on Friday for the Canterbury Medal Dinner to honor George’s work.
The Becket Fund described George as a “leading scholar” of legal and political philosophy and as a “preeminent public intellectual.” Its announcement noted his service on the President’s Council on Bioethics and on the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He was also a Judicial Fellow at the U.S. Supreme Court."
You may also find more pictures and a write-up of the event at The Hill's Washington Scene website.
Congrats, Professor George! |
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Last Updated on Monday, 21 June 2010 03:48 |
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Latinos biggest factor in falling Obama approval |
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Written by James Bell
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Monday, 07 June 2010 16:08 |
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According to Gallup, the decline in approval rating that Barack Obama has faced in 2010 has been driven primarily by Latino voters. While the black vote and white vote remains static, Latinos are becoming increasingly frustrated with the President. There is an opportunity here. Most Latinos are more pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, and entrepreneurial statistically than any other demographic. It is no surprise then that Latinos are no longer putting their faith in the broken promises of the Obama Administration on immigration or on other issues important to them. Our Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles is leading the way in reaching out to these Latinos, offering sensible solutions to securing the border as well as working for a better means to address those individuals who are already in the country illegally. As Ronald Reagan once said, "Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet."
It is our responsibility to help Latinos discover their appropriate political home today. |
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