Monthly Archives: March 2010

Massachusetts “leaders” need to get jobs

So, I see a headline in today’s Herald: Murray: Senate will consider tax changes to improve business climate. I’ll admit it, I actually thought for a moment that someone in Massachusetts had noticed dozens of other states and foreign countries are waking up and removing smothering tax burdens and gelatinous red tape. My moment of [...]

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Common sense & taxes

“Nancy and I always believed that if you didn’t want the kids to overspend their allowances, you didn’t give them the money in the first place.” Ronald Reagan As quoted by James Srodes in his excellent article, “The Great Recession of 2011-2012″ in the February issue of American Spectator. No econometrics necessary. Just a smidge [...]

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Four important books a year

Imagine my surprise when a post I did a few weeks ago referencing Dierdre McCloskey was not only spotted by her (or, I’m guessing, a google search feed, considering how unlikely it would be for her to be ambling down this particularly new and untrod path), but referenced on her site and commented upon by [...]

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