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National Politics

  • President Trump’s Tax Plan: a Disaster for the Economy

    Trumps new tax plan looks a lot like Gov. Brownback’s tax plan for Kansas, which had been disastrous for the state’s economy.  It is based on Laffer’s curve which is displayed at the right. The Laffer curve looks like a normal distribution curve. If the nation is on the high side of the curve with taxes… Read more

  • Just Raise Taxes

    Being fiscally conservative requires making a sound national budget and raising the revenue to fund our nation’s needs. Since few Congressmen are willing to vote to cut pet projects, and perhaps lose their own, it leaves us with just one alternative: ” Just raise taxes”. Read more

  • The Nuclear Treaty with Iran: Please Write Your Legislators

    The nuclear treaty with Iran is too important to fail because of politics. This article contains ideas you can use when you write your Congressman. Please do so. Read more

  • Your Constitutional Right to Vote

    Many people think that the right to vote is not granted by the Constitution. It is, and this article explains why. Read more

  • Bits and Pieces 14: Will Rogers on Trickle-down Theory

    Will Rogers was skeptical about the trickle-down theory, and he had it much more correctly than biased economists such as Art Laffer. Read more

  • Profits at All Cost: Shareholder Value Vs. Stakeholder Value

    A shift in the United States from stakeholder investing to shareholder investing has has contributed to a large gap between CEO and worker pay and has led to an income inequality that is damaging the economy and caused a sluggish recovery. A shift to more socially responsible Stakeholder investing will in the long run help… Read more

  • The 1956 Republican Party Platform vs. Todays

    A comparison of the 1956 Republican Party platform with today’s shows how the Republican Party has devolved since Eisenhower’s time. Though there is not an official party platform for 2014, the one presented is very similar to the 2012 one that Romney ran on. Read more

  • The Economic Recovery in the Past Five Years: Then and Now

    We have heard so much bad economic news that most people believe it, even though it is not true.The economy has recovered to the point that the economic stimulus is being ended. The chart in the article displays the economic indicators showing the last five years of progress. Read more

  • More on ALEC: Beware the influence of ALEC in Oklahoma

    The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has a great influence on many states’ politics, but many have heard little about the organization. ALEC hides its membership and its funding sources, and it operates as an educational organization to escape lobbying restrictions. Many of ALEC’s “model laws” claim to promote freedom, fairness, and reform, but the… Read more

  • McCutcheon vs FEC: Destroying Democracy $1 Million at a Time

    Mr. Steve Fair rationalizes the McCutcheon vs FEC ruling by the Supreme Court, claiming it is correct. His solution to having money run politics is to blame the voters for being “ignorant and uninformed”, while suggesting voters spend an impractical amount of their time sorting through all the misinformation created by excessive money in politics. Read more