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jobs programs

By Ted Dunlap, on June 13th, 2010

Job creation, government style, is a splashy, photo-op filled, nice-sounding program that makes politicians sound clever and seem proactive. The Boise Valley Economic Partnership is a taxpayer and private money example of the process. They are now four years into this five-year, $5,000,000 government program. The planned $650,000,000 private/taxpayer investment has fallen short of the goal, but only by $530,000,000. The planned 5,000 new jobs has fallen short by 3,194 jobs. But the Boise area did get 1,806 new jobs (… while losing 10,000 – oops). Those new jobs only cost $66,445 each! […]

Category: economics, politics |

mercantilists

By Ted Dunlap, on June 12th, 2010

Mercantilism is where the merchants own the power in government. It protects the merchants from competition and increases the costs to customers of their goods and services. It comes about because a handful of people have a great deal to gain from investment in legislation while society’s individuals have little to gain or lose with each law. In extreme examples, governments go to war to protect and foster merchants’ interests. […]

Category: economics, law / legislation, politics |

corrected vision

By Ted Dunlap, on June 6th, 2010

Sometime after 40, the human eye loses much of its ability to focus up close and far away at the same time. My rifle match scores are deteriorating because I can either see the front sight clearly without prescription lenses or the target clearly with my prescription lenses but I can no longer do both well enough to plant my bullets around the bull like I used to. Several competitors have suggested I get shooting glasses that are half-way between plain safety glasses and my distance prescription… or “half a diopter less” than that prescription. After discussing this idea with two local eyeglass sellers, both told me it is against the law to do that … without first hiring them […]

Category: drug war, guns'n'gear, law / legislation |

545 people

By Ted Dunlap, on June 3rd, 2010

I couldn’t say it better myself, so I’ll let Charlie Reese speak for himself: 545 PEOPLE–By Charlie Reese Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes? […]

Category: politics |