One Way to Avoid Peer Pressure…
“Acquire worldy wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group … then to hell with them.”
— Charles Munger
Archive of entries posted on 6th April 2012
Five Reasons Not to Buy Matzah at Walmart
By Danny Feingold, The Frying Pan
It’s matzah bargain-hunting season, and guess who has entered the fray? That’s right, Walmart.
The world’s largest retailer may not be known for bar mitzvah catering, but apparently the matzah market was too luc…
Federal grants increase future local spending
Not only are we taxed to pay for the cost of funding federal and state grants, the units of government that receive grants are very likely to raise their own levels of taxation in response to the receipt of the grants. This creates a cycle of ever-expanding government.
Medical marijuana may get another hearing
Medical marijuana might get another hearing in the state legislature after all. Advocate Bernie Ellis says in an email sent out Friday afternoon that the House Health and Welfare Committee may reopen later this month to hear the Safe Access … Continue reading →
Cronyism in the tax code
How tax law is formed: “If you really want to understand the nature of our tax code, don’t ask yourself ‘Why are these provisions in the public interest?’ That’s not how taxes are passed. Ask yourself ‘Who benefits from these taxes, and how much political power do they have?’”
In Kansas, planning will be captured by special interests
The government planning process started in south-central Kansas will likely be captured by special interest groups that see ways to benefit from the plan. The public choice school of economics and political science has taught us how special interest groups seek favors from government at enormous costs to society, and we will see this at play again over the next few years.
King Trumps Vilsack in 1st Quarter Fundraising
Christie Vilsack is running for Congress in a district she’s never lived in, against an opponent who’s lived in the district his entire life. Making things more difficult for Vilsack is that she’s running against incumbent Republican Congressman Steve King, in a district that contains 46,000 more Republican voters than Democrat voters. Most candidates with [...]