Being dependent upon government is a cruel hoax: good for politicians and bureaucrats but, over the long and often even short run, terrible for the recipients. As a stark example, consider our Native Americans. We can start with an observation by Henry Ford who, although certainly not my favori
Brad Zimmerman spent 29 years struggling to make a living as an actor while waiting tables in New York. Beginning in 1996 Zimmerman found modest success as an opening act for comics such as George Carlin and Joan Rivers (who endorsed Zimmerman as “the best comic in his price range”).
Tax Freedom Day generally falls around this time each year. This is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay off its total tax bill for the year, according to the calculations made by the Tax Foundation.
The headline emblazoned in the April 20, 2017, finance section of the website is certainly striking: “CashCall suing law firm, partner.” For those of you unfamiliar with CashCall, it’s an Orange County, California-based lending firm specializing in, among other things, what are known as payday lo
Political scientist Jessica Trounstine once wrote, “When politicians cease to worry about reelection, they become free to pursue government policy that does not reflect constituent preferences.
The headline emblazoned in the April 20, 2017, finance section of the website is certainly striking: “CashCall suing law firm, partner.” For those of you unfamiliar with CashCall, it’s an Orange County, California-based lending firm specializing in, among other things, what are known as payday lo
According to our Declaration of Independence, Constitution’s Preamble, Statue of Liberty and many other icons of our history, Liberty is in the bones of our great country. In fact, as accurately stated by Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address, our great nation literally was
