Some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. It appears the month will be a long one, and a lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on August 31 as well.
August 2
How to rebuild the Republican Party after Trump’s disasters
August 3
Greece Needs to Expand its Experiment with Supply-Side Economics
August 5
Showing posts with label supply-side economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supply-side economics. Show all posts
Saturday, August 15
Friday, October 5
Clearing the Tabs 10-5-2018
Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.
September 29
How Do Christians Fit Into the Two-Party System? They Don’t
The historical Christian positions on social issues don’t match up with contemporary political alignments.
September 30
October 4
How Jeff Flake's One-Week Delay Helped Clear Brett Kavanaugh's Name
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This may be the stupidest take I have seen during this confirmation battle. It is just totally pointless and ridiculous.
October 5
Senator Collins Announces She Will Vote to Confirm Judge Kavanaugh
How Do Christians Fit Into the Two-Party System? They Don’t
The historical Christian positions on social issues don’t match up with contemporary political alignments.
September 30
Despite What Central Bankers Believe, It's Not All About Them
Trade With Canada Is The Origin Of Supply-Side Economics
Trade With Canada Is The Origin Of Supply-Side Economics
October 4
How Jeff Flake's One-Week Delay Helped Clear Brett Kavanaugh's Name
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This may be the stupidest take I have seen during this confirmation battle. It is just totally pointless and ridiculous.
Honestly, if Kavanaugh could drink as much as the Dems claim he did and stilll graduate high school and college at the top of his class — that’s the guy I want on the Supreme Court!— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) October 4, 2018
October 5
Senator Collins Announces She Will Vote to Confirm Judge Kavanaugh
The speech by Senator Collins was amazing and should be read by every student of life, law, civics, economics, and political science.
Susan Collins Consents
The Maine Republican restores reason to the Kavanaugh confirmation.
Susan Collins Consents
The Maine Republican restores reason to the Kavanaugh confirmation.
Monday, February 12
Remembering Jeff Bell
America lost a revolutionary giant over the weekend. Many will never have heard the name Jeff Bell, and you will want to fix that this week as there will surely be more written about him. I had a chance back in October 2016 to sit in Jeff Bell's office and chat with him about Jack Kemp and supply-side economics and I even picked his brain about the Trump-Clinton match-up taking place at the time. Mr. Bell was incredibly generous with his time and gave me his cell phone number and email address to reach out to him again if I had more questions or wanted to run ideas by him.
Rest in peace Jeff Bell. And thank you, for everything.
Jeff Bell: in Memoriam
Remembering one of politics' uncommonly good men.
Tuesday, May 23
My Letter to the Editor
Someone named Ed Hirs wrote an editorial in the Houston Chronicle that I happened to see. Mr. Hirs seemed to be talking about a subject that he is not familiar with. I wrote the following letter to the editor. I would assume it will not be published, so in order for it to see the light of day, I'm posting it here. I am also including the offending editorial for you to enjoy.
Dear Editor,
Professor Ed Hirs in his May 23 editorial "Trump 'trickle-down' tax plan would be a failure for Texas" makes several glaring assertions that just are not true. Prof. Hirs says that President Reagan's plan did not work in the 1980s, while every available policy metric solidly refutes that. And to go further, the same tax cut plan worked under President Coolidge in the 1920s and under President Kennedy via Lyndon Johnson (the tax plan had been pushed by Kennedy, after his death, Johnson got the bill passed). Tax rates came down, the economy grew and people went back to work, every time.
Dear Editor,
Professor Ed Hirs in his May 23 editorial "Trump 'trickle-down' tax plan would be a failure for Texas" makes several glaring assertions that just are not true. Prof. Hirs says that President Reagan's plan did not work in the 1980s, while every available policy metric solidly refutes that. And to go further, the same tax cut plan worked under President Coolidge in the 1920s and under President Kennedy via Lyndon Johnson (the tax plan had been pushed by Kennedy, after his death, Johnson got the bill passed). Tax rates came down, the economy grew and people went back to work, every time.
Professor Hirs would do well to look at the writing of fellow Houstonian, Professor Brian Domitrovic, who has chronicled the history of not only supply-side economics, but also a recent detailed history of the successful supply-side tax cuts of JFK in 1963-1964.
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