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The Right Way to Reform Property Taxes
The property tax is a staple of American government. It is more important here than in Europe. Historically, our reliance on the property tax has been for the better: it has built close ties between...
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Rainy-Day Funds Protect Government, Cost Private Jobs
In light of the European crisis, it is fair to ask how much better America is doing. We know, e.g., that California, New York and Illinois are in really bad shape, but they are not the only states with...
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NC Lawmakers Keep Dining while House Is on Fire
In view of the ongoing fiscal deterioration of the welfare states in Europe, America’s federal and state legislators should quickly learn how to master the noble but complex art of reducing the size of...
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The Unnecessary Bankruptcy in San Bernardino
From the welfare-state ambitions at the global and continental levels, let’s dive down to the less conspicuous but nevertheless very informative city level. As so many other cities in the United...
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Another Socialist Hate Rant
Amazingly, despite a century of evidence to its disastrous consequences, socialism still sticks its ugly face out in the public arena from time to time. Before the Berlin Wall fell its demagogues were...
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Europe’s Alarming Jobless Problem
Recent numbers from Eurostat reveal that youth unemployment in Europe is still on the rise. This is bad news in itself, but with social unrest simmering across the continent this is slowly turning into...
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