Over the past few months we’ve seen the most extensive government intervention in the economy since the 1930’s. In fact, today’s interventions sometimes make those of Franklin Roosevelt look tame by comparison. Depending upon how you calculate the numbers—and that is made particularly difficult because neither the Federal Reserve or the Treasury is being particularly [...]
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Archives for December, 2008
Don’t Confuse the Imposition of Taxes with Virtue
Advocates of placing more and more of our incomes and lives under the control of government sometimes say that those of us who favor cutting down the size and burden of government are selfish. By contrast, proposing a significant role for government is a sign of altruism and charity. In this Christmas season, it’s important [...]
category: Commentaries, Craig Westover
TPT: “Progressive Republicans”
This past weekend, the progressive think tank Growth & Justice, in conjunction with Twin Cities Public Television, aired a special entitled “Minnesota’s Progressive Republican Tradition.” The program was a rerun of the symposium by the same name sponsored by Growth & Justice during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. At the time, I wrote [...]
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