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Jun22

Can The Government Run a Business?

With the recent government takover of so many parts of the United States economy, I continue to be asked if I think the government can effectively run these private-sector businesses.  Despite all of the political arguments for or against, it appears that the Obama administration is going to continue forward in managing private businesses in every possible regulated industry or soon to be regulated industry. 

With history as a guide, there are several reasons why the...

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Jun 5

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

In the last few weeks the Obama administration has proposed a series of additional taxes. It seems that everything from a new Value Added Tax to a new tax on healthcare is being considered as good tax policy for the ever expanding government. A key theme underlying the additional taxes is the repeated comment that this is needed because of the economic challenges that we face.

Indeed we face difficult times. In fact, this morning, the unemployment rate was announced to be 9.4%...

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