The Timeless Principles of Prosperity
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 29th, 2010 4:31 am by HL
The Timeless Principles of Prosperity
Peter Ferrara, American Spectator
We know, based on economic experience, theory, and logic, how to create another economic boom that will last 25 years, or a generation into the future. We achieved that in America from the end of 1982 to the end of 2007, with only two, short, shallow recessions that barely interrupted sustained, robust, economic growth. But that was not the only instance of success. Several times in the last 100 years, whenever the nation's economic policies adhered to the timeless principles of economic growth and prosperity, our economy has boomed. When it has departed from those…
A Rhee of Hope?
David Harsanyi, Denver Post
Though I've seen evidence to the contrary, experts assure me that children are the nation's most precious natural resource. Logic, then, says that teaching is the most important profession in the country. And by extension, firing teachers who consistently fail to do their job should not be very controversial.Still, political parties come and go; teachers don't. All the while, urban school districts remain on a stable trajectory, headed from horrendous to Mississippi.Who knows? Perhaps there's hope. The country's top minds on education have cooked up a surefire…
Campaign Financing Disclose Act Stalls–for Now
Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
There wasn't any real suspense about how the Senate would vote today on a bill known as the Disclose Act, which would require a corporate or union sponsor of a campaign ad to physically appear in it so the public knows where the backing is coming from. Without a single Republican stepping forward to support the legislation and not all Democrats certain to vote for it, the expectation was that the Senate would fall short of the 60 votes needed to break a Republican filibuster, and indeed they did, with the final tally 57 votes.Normally when defeat is certain, President Obama is not out in…
