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Gary North
Written by Gary North on March 29, 2013
How bad is the United States Postal Service? In order to get a straight answer on this, ask the federal government. The federal government uses the Postal Service 2% of the time. Here is an agency that is so utterly incompetent that the United States government will not use it. How’s that for a testimonial? […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 20, 2013
Gary North’s Reality Check The conservative movement has always been filled with monetary cranks. This has been true for well over a century. These cranks have never read a book on economics. They have never taken a class in economics. They have zero practical experience in finance. They come before the conservative public and present […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 11, 2013
In 2012, there were 1.5% more rides on government-subsidized transportation. In response, 80% of all public transportation programs were reduced. This is how government operates at the local level. This information comes from a recent report from the American Public Transport Association. The head of the APTA blames volatile gasoline prices. A 2012 report by […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 4, 2013
Nanny Bloomberg is nothing if not forthright. He is rich, powerful, and a liberal. He does not care what anyone thinks. Here are his views on the federal deficit. We are spending money we don’t have. It’s not like your household. In your household, people are saying, ‘Oh, you can’t spend money you don’t have.’ […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 1, 2013
Federal bureaucrats blame the politicians for not taxing the rest of us. We owe it to them, they say, and it’s just not fair that we want to hold the deficit down to a trillion dollars a year. We can do better than that. The gravy train is running slightly thinner for a month. But […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 18, 2013
Remnant Review The best description of the reversal of fortune is Mary’s Magnificat, recorded in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 1, verses 46-55. “He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree” (v. 52). This was a fundamental theme in the Old Testament. We are told that those who […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 13, 2013
TARP was shoved down the throats of voters in 2008. They opposed the bailouts of corporations, but to no avail. They have forgotten. John Boehner, who was the the man who rammed the program through the House Republicans, is still Speaker of the House. The TARP bills still mount up. The government bought a stake […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 7, 2013
You have heard about the need for the separation of church and state. What about the separation of science and state? But science is neutral, we are told. Suuuuure it is. Scientists are impartial searchers of truth. Suuuuure they are. The space program above earth’s gravity is a Darwinist boondoggle. The money spent by the […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 7, 2013
When a profit-seeking firm sees that no one wants its services, it finds ways to lower prices and improve services. The United States Postal Service does what government agencies do: it raises prices and cuts services. In its press release announcing the cessation of Saturday delivery of mail in August, we learn the following. WASHINGTON […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 6, 2013
On March 1, a piddly reduction of spending is scheduled to take place. It’s not $1 trillion. It’s $1 trillion over a decade. The annual deficit is running $1 trillion, as usual. The thought that there will be a piddly $100 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes has the President terrified. “We cannot cut […]
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