by Jim Bass | Feb 1, 2014 | Economics, Libertarianism, Obamanomics
Yesterday Obama got a group of top CEOs to sign a meaningless pledge to not discriminate against the long-term unemployed when hiring. “It’s a cruel Catch-22,” Obama said from the White House after the meeting. “The longer you’re unemployed, the more unemployable you...
by Jim Bass | May 6, 2013 | Big Government, Libertarianism
Kevin Williamson: The more you know about government finances, the harder it is to take the budget theater in Washington seriously. The president boasts that non-defense discretionary spending is at “its lowest level as a share of the economy since the Eisenhower...
by Jim Bass | Feb 20, 2013 | Ideas, Libertarianism, Progressivism
My very liberal close friend regularly rails about “obscene” gaps in income in the USA. I always ask: What income ratio (poor vs. rich) defines obscene? Is it published or is it something you just know in your gut? Is this ratio confined geographically?...
by Jim Bass | Jan 28, 2013 | Big Government, Libertarianism, Technology
Clinton’s DOJ went after Microsoft for anti-trust violations, egged on by jealous competitors. Recently Google had the same trouble, this time with Microsoft egging on the DOJ. As the WSJ’s L. Gordon Crovitz writes, Milton Freedman saw the tech industry...
