In my previous Permanent Fixes Blog I posted a couple of times during the financial crisis about this family relic, using it as an example…
The WPA and Granny’s Little Brown Shack
Posted in Family Stories, Government, Jobs, and Uncategorized
Category: Government
Irrational Government Meddling: Stop It!
Posted in Government, and Taxes
There are at least five good reasons government should not meddle in the affairs of private free enterprise. There is no accountability because most or…
The Decade of Our Discontent
Posted in Economics, and Government
The announcement a few days ago of real % increase in GDP for the first quarter of only 0.7% suggested it might be time to…
Skeptical of Government?
Posted in Government, and Investing
The December 4th Charleston SC Post and Courier included a rather lengthy story, by David Slade (Facebook), describing mismanagement of state employee pension funds over…
I Could Have Been a Lobbyist
Posted in Government, and Politics
There is an interesting article in The State newspaper today about lobbying activity in and around the SC State House. I know the sizes of the…
Job Growth – New Low Predicted
Posted in Economics, Government, and Jobs
Both sides of the political fence like to pick and choose data points to prove either that the jobs recovery during the Obama administration is…
You Didn’t Create That Job!
Posted in Government, and Jobs
A NYT lead editorial, The Myth of Job Creation, published during the 2012 presidential campaigns, tried to make the case that both Governor Romney and President Obama erred…
Republican Party, RIP
Posted in Government, and Politics
Since the founding of the nation, the fundamental political issue has always been size and influence of the Federal Government and the extent to which…
Government Dairy Products, Inc. (11/7/2010)
Posted in Business, and Government
One of the things I remember about grammar school days (1950’s) was how good a slice of white bread smeared with butter tasted in the…
Abraham Lincoln, Gary Johnson, and Libertarianism
Posted in Civil War, Government, Libertarianism, and Politics
I’m thinking of the libertarian political philosophy in connection with Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s failure to respond quickly and appropriately to a question about…