Vermont legislature working hard to maximize recession’s negative impact

Not content with the ravages of the already-deep recession, the Vermont legislature is considering a raft of legislation that will make things worse. I will mention several of the measures here, but I’d like to point out from the very beginning that no matter how horribly these initiatives scar the state’s economy, no matter how [...]

Obama works to divide and conquer

The strategy of the Democratic party – and of leftists in general – is to continually push policies that centralize control of citizens’ lives at the federal level. This is where they – the elite who have much better ideas than we, the benighted rabble – can have the most impact on us while remaining [...]

New York Times editorial calls for a return of the real estate bubble

A New York Times editorial today advocates a “stimulus” idea that’s so foolish, it makes me wonder if their editorial board has a fully functioning brain among the lot of them. The first sentence of the editorial reads:
The stimulus package taking shape in Congress does little to provide affordable housing for the country’s poorest families.
And [...]

Vermont considering additional economic suicide measures

Bureaucrats and legislators in Vermont seem to never lose their enthusiasm for making it harder for businesses to turn a profit here. With one of the worst recessions in a generation under way, they are now talking about increasing the dollar amount that businesses have to pay into the unemployment insurance fund.
To say that this [...]

Are zoos a critical taxpayer priority?

The economic downturn has given rise to a bonanza of news stories about the many corners and pockets of our economy that are suffering. A good portion of them, unfortunately, are about taxpayer-funded programs or facilities that suddenly find themselves subject to budget-cuts because they have tumbled to the bottom of the priority list.
One such [...]

Yet more inefficient industries ask for our money

It has quickly become a cliche to decry the procession of inefficient mega-industries headed to Washington to compete for trillions of our tax dollars. But each day, the list of industries that foretell the end of America if their industry falters grows longer. Now, U.S. steelmakers have their hands out.
A telling passage of this story [...]