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August 2010, Page 15

Evil employer: Why I’m not hiring

A business owner in New Jersey explains why he’s not currently hiring. He goes into detail about how much it costs the employee to work, and how much it costs him as the employer to employ, and sums up with what I suspect are the feelings of many business owners in America who are sitting on cash right now waiting for the right time to invest, but who are uncertain and wary of doing so under this anti-business administration:.....   [Read More]

Econ 101: the perils of Moral Hazard

I’ve occasionally posted videos from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, an ally or affiliate of the libertarian Cato Institute, that touch on aspects of economics and why government intervention in the free market often causes more problems than it solves. In this offering, the speaker discusses “moral hazard,” in which government interventions provide incentives for people to engage in irresponsible behavior:.....   [Read More]

Daughter of Muslim 9-11 victim speaks out against Ground Zero mosque

A favorite talking point amongst the left during the whole Ground Zero mosque debate has been “weren’t there Muslim victims of 9-11, too? Don’t their opinions count?” as if to suggest they would all be in favor of the Ground Zero mosque – if they were alive to talk about it. Well, yes of course there were Muslim victims of 9-11. And one of their daughters is speaking out today – against it. Neda Bolourchi writes:.....   [Read More]

Media Matters caught in major tape-editing hypocrisy

Mediaite catches Media Matters doing the same type of editing they endlessly slammed Andrew Breitbart for allegedly doing on the Sherrod tape. It ended up being so embarassing for MM that they issued a “correction.” LOL. Their target? The evil Glenn Beck, one of their original targets in the Sherrod tape controversy – even though he was one of the few pundits who urged caution at the time rather than jumping to conclusions......   [Read More]