Clearing the Tabs 11-16-2018

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

November 10
California needs a new economic model

November 12
Dan Crenshaw Is a Rising Star. The GOP Almost Killed His Candidacy.

The Dan Crenshaw Moment

November 13

The 'Curse of Smallness' Is the Biggest Threat to Our Wellbeing

Budget Deals Are a Recipe for the Worst Kind of Tax Increases

Alan Alda's weekly podcast is back with its next season. Listen to the first episode with his guest Michael J. Fox:

November 16
Mike Pence is like an interim president

Everything You Need to Know about Tax Competition in One Story

California's Typhus Surge Is Linked to Fleas, Feces, and Bad Economic Policies

Resolving California's Housing and Homeless Crisis

Clearing the Tabs 5-18-2018

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

May 12
‘What If?’ History that could’ve been

May 13
The Left-Wing Plot to Repeal the Trump Tax Cuts

Recycling, Once Embraced by Businesses and Environmentalists, Now Under Siege
Local officials raise fees and send recyclables to landfills as economics erode

May 15
The Injustices Of Keynesianism

Brian Domitrovic is worth reading every times he writes.

Why is the Farm Bill subsidizing wealthy and financially secure agribusinesses?

How Mentorship Is Healing Social Poverty in Richmond, VA

May 16
Trump has already made real progress in controlling prescription drug costs

The Top 14 Causes of Political Polarization
Why we can’t stand each other, explained.

May 17
Tom Wolfe Wrote Two Essential Pieces About The American Economy

Another piece from Brian Domitrovic this week, it's like Christmas.

May 18
Let college football players major in football. NFL or not, they'll get jobs.

How tax reform brings opportunity to poor neighborhoods

As Goes The Suburbs, So Goes The Nation?

Joel Kotkin insights are always worth your time and study.

Mike Pence's Commencement Address at Hillsdale College

On Selecting Mike Pence

For the first time since he won the nomination, I have a reason to be excited about Donald Trump's candidacy. I like the choice of Governor Pence.

Governor Pence was interviewed in 2014 by Ripon Forum, and in response to a question, he stated this:

"We Republicans need to offer a positive alternative to the failed policies of President Obama and the Democrats. We need to be “solutions conservatives.” We need to showcase constructive solutions that will lead to more economic opportunity and upward mobility for everyone. This includes fixing our broken tax code, reforming health care in a way that lowers costs and gives families greater ownership of their healthcare choices, reducing job-killing regulations and changing our safety net programs in ways that truly help people move up out of poverty."

Any reader of mine knows that this is the kind of thinking that I can get behind. In fact, I have been of this line of thinking for years now. As a Jack Kemp - Paul Ryan conservative, this statement by Governor Pence could be a sort of mission statement. Much of what Governor Pence's statement is about, is already covered in the recent "Better Way" proposals laid out by Speaker Paul Ryan, Ways & Means Chairman Kevin Brady, and the House Republicans,

All this said, in Texas, Trump is a sure thing, so I will be writing in Paul Ryan in November anyway, but today's choice is a great reason to get behind the Republican ticket and get it across the finish line in November.