Posted By freesnake on May 4, 2012
I have watched with interest the passion shown regarding the ‘Marriage Amendment’. The proposed amendment would codify within the NC Constitution the current law defining marriage, to ensure that a judge does not rule current law to be unconstitutional. Similar laws have been challenged in a number of states; in some cases, a single judge has overturned the law, thus allowing gay marriage in that state.
Regardless of an individual’s thought on the amendment itself, when you boil it down, it is neither (more…)
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Posted By freesnake on April 24, 2012
From Reason.com:
If the president is serious about making the rich pay their “fair share”—as opposed to scoring political points in an election year—he needs the Gandhi Rule, not the Buffett Rule. In other words, he ought to apply the Gandhi quote that he repeated ad nauseam during his first campaign—“Be the change you wish to see”—to his own tax returns… more
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Posted By freesnake on March 19, 2012
…if nostalgia were a sound guide to economic policy, we should be building Studebakers and rotary telephones. Neither Santorum nor Obama seems to grasp the realities of manufacturing in 21st-century America. Read the complete article at Reason Magazine…
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Posted By freesnake on March 12, 2012
Great read from Forbes, particularly for any manager:
…in thinking about Star Wars, let’s leave the prequels behind and focus on the original trilogy. It occurs to me that the Star Wars films have a lot to teach us about leadership styles. In particular, the Galactic Empire strikes me as a quintessential example of how not to effectively run an organization. Let’s take a look at five of the Empire’s biggest mistakes and see how you can avoid them in your own organization. …more
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Posted By freesnake on October 6, 2011
From Yaron Brook and Don Watkins in Forbes:
Watching the world mourn Steve Jobs, we are reminded of how massive crowds of Americans used to gather to celebrate the launch of a new bridge or a new railroad. There is a widespread recognition that Jobs was a creative genius who changed our world profoundly and for the better. Even President Obama, not usually given to praising businessmen, said that Jobs “transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.”
All of this raises an important and to-date unasked question: what do we owe Jobs and productive geniuses like him?
For one, we owe them gratitude, which we do not always give them–Jobs, here, is the exception that proves the rule. But we owe them something more than that, something not even Jobs has received. We owe them the… more
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Posted By freesnake on August 15, 2011
According to President Obama, many Americans believe the GOP, TEA partiers and other rational people should ‘compromise’ and support tax increases, rather than supporting a freeze or reduction federal spending.
While Republicans held firm and did not increase taxes, liberals and other non-capitalists can take heart. Our government has provided the means by which each of these Americans can pay additional monies to support their favorite government department or agency by clicking here.
I strongly encourage everyone who believes revenue or compromise is the best solution to the spending crisis, to make regular and generous donations; true believers can set up reoccurring payments.
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Tags: credit crisis, debt crisis, federal revenue, federal spending, IRS, President Obama, tax increase
Posted By freesnake on July 29, 2011
This week, Democrats in the North Carolina General Assembly voted to uphold Governor Perdue’s veto of Voter ID – a commonsense bill that 75 percent of North Carolinians support. Governor Perdue released the following statement after the (more…)
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