End Crony Capitalism, Sell Federal Land, Limit Tax Breaks for the Rich
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 22nd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
End Crony Capitalism, Sell Federal Land, Limit Tax Breaks for the Rich
Michael Barone, RealClearPolitics
Gummit don’t work good. That conclusion, often that inelegantly expressed, seems to be more and more common, not only in the United States but around the world. It is certainly the verdict of John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge in their new book “The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State,” although expressed, as you might expect from the editor and business editor of the Economist, in far more urbane language. Their thesis is that the state has been reinvented three times in the last 400 years, and needs reinvention once more. The first revolution they name after Thomas…
Gallup: Support for Gay Marriage at All-Time High
Adam O’Neal, RealClearPolitics
Support for same-sex marriage has hit a new high, according to a recent Gallup poll. Fifty-five percent of survey respondents think gay marriages should be recognized by law as valid while 42 percent disagree. Support and opposition have inverted over the last two decades. In 1996, just 27 percent of Americans supported allowing gay couples to wed, with 68 percent opposed. The tipping point came in 2011, when for the first time support bested opposition in a Gallup survey. Support has remained above 50 percent since 2012, though it appears to have leveled off for now. The change of opinion…
Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Boycott Chipotle
David Harsanyi, RealClearPolitics
For those of you who haven’t heard, Chipotle Mexican Grill, which for years allowed local laws to dictate policy for the restaurant chain regarding open or concealed weapons, has decided to “ask” customers not to bring firearms into its restaurants after some zealous gun owners paraded around with “military-style assault rifles” at a Chipotle in Texas. What’s more probable, though, is that well-funded anti-Second Amendment activists exploited a single unfortunate incident to badger a pliable corporation into a bad decision. This is neither new nor unexpected. Cue the calls for a boycott from…
