1. Mar
    05

    More Gloomy Recession Numbers

    Posted in Budget, Taxes, and Debt By Brian Balfour | Tagged , , , ,

    Following up on a recent post, economist Robert Higgs delves even deeper into the numbers regarding the current recession. As he explains: Personal income includes the various “factor returns”―wages, salaries, rents, interest, dividends, and proprietors’ income―plus transfer payments that individuals receive from the government. All of these items together constitute the income available to individuals [...]

  2. Feb
    12

    Self-Contradiction from NC’s Radical Left-Wingers

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Brian Balfour | Tagged , ,

    The folks over at the NC Justice Center offered up a double-whammy this week of self-contradiction. First up, Adam Searing penned this op-ed in the N&O urging Congress to pass some version of health care “reform” (public opinion be damned, of course). He points out that, under the current, mostly-government run system, “Health insurance has [...]