Posts Tagged political rhetoric
Political Con Game
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 2nd, 2010
The incessant political ads leading up to the primaries all seemed to assume that we voters are either children or idiots. Every candidate for every office will protect our perks and cut our taxes! For the record, guys, most of us know there is no such thing as a free lunch. We know—or we should [...]
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Those “Hidden” Taxes
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on December 16th, 2009
One of the most frequent accusations leveled against government regulatory activity is that such regulation constitutes a “hidden tax” and that regulation is for that reason illegitimate. Dispatches from the Culture Wars has the best explanation of the fallacy of that argument that I’ve seen.
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