by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 6, 2019 | Culture, Education, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
When was the last time you heard someone use the phrase “social contract?” It used to be the go-to justification for all the things the big government types demanded government do and we accede to. It seems to have been replaced by euphemisms like...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 16, 2019 | Economics, Politics, Taxation
Amazon’s much-ballyhooed “competition” for its next major headquarters locations has been quite a spectacle. After months of one of the world’s four most valuable companies basically asking cities and states for handouts and special treatment,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 14, 2019 | Economics, Politics, Taxation
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has been all over the news lately, with complaints and warnings regarding a tax revenue shortfall that’s threatening his progressive agenda. He points the finger of blame (something he may or may not have learned from the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 1, 2019 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
The parade of Democrats vying for the 2020 Presidential nomination was always certain to be a long one. It’s also proving to be, in validation of my fears and those of many others, a march leftward. Indeed, it’s now virtually a given that “Medicare...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 4, 2019 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Taxation
In further validation of the notion that “there are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them,” Christopher Rufo at City Journal informs us of the latest whiz-bang idea coming out of the homeless-advocacy camp is that of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 3, 2019 | Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
The oh-so-serious folks at NPR were kind enough to assemble a list of policy ideas being offered up by the ever-growing crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls. While it would be presumptuous to call this comprehensive (indeed, it doesn’t even touch upon some...
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