The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.

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The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about...

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived...

The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived...

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

It doesnt matter what you do if you dont do what matters. If you do...

It doesnt matter what you do if you dont do what matters. If you do...

People who claim that sentencing a murderer to life without the possibility of parole protects...

People who claim that sentencing a murderer to life without the possibility of parole protects...

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they...

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they...

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who...

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who...

Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics...

Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who...

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...