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Bill Flax works in the banking industry. This column reflects his views and not those of his employer. Please contact him at billflax2@yahoo.com.
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- Our Entitled Descent Began Long Before Obamacare - March 26, 2010
- Many decry Obamacare as the death of our republic. Such esteemed thinkers as Thomas Sowell pronounced it a turning point in our dismantlement. Dr. Sowell is a hero and...
- Healthcare Is a Good, Not a Natural Right - March 3, 2010
- As health reform again dominates our public discourse many pundits have highlighted how socializing medicine will exacerbate our already precarious budget concerns. Much...
- Why the Recession Has Lasted So Long - February 24, 2010
- Every day, workers change jobs. Businesses start or fail. New products render old products obsolete. People relocate to start afresh. These micro-level disruptions are...
- We Picked the Wrong Roman Dictator - February 13, 2010
- From Government Square in Cincinnati, I often sit surrounded by impressive displays of federal invasiveness, and muse that we picked the wrong Roman dictator. The...
- A Federal Budget That Insults All Budgets - February 4, 2010
- "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." Alexis de Tocqueville Condolences. If your...
- There's No Iniquity In Income Inequality - January 22, 2010
- Demagogues in Washington are thrilled to ply their vote-buying wiles promising to punish greedy rich villains, but the wealthy are not the evil caricatures of popular...
- Paying Individuals Not to Work - January 19, 2010
- We all have formative experiences that usher us from the idealism of youth into the realism of maturity. One such event occurred long ago as an amateur boxing coach. I...
- It's All About Capital, Stupid! - December 28, 2009
- As economic activity is increasingly orchestrated by politicians and central-bankers, it is important to understand their prevailing economic philosophies. Washington...
- Capping Prosperity, Trading Away Freedom - November 17, 2009
- Lurking behind the health reform chatter lays a perplexing piece of regulation nicknamed Cap and Trade. This legislation would decrease our carbon emissions 3% from 2005...
- Dr. Bernanke M.D., or Missed Diagnosis? - November 4, 2009
- Should the Fed begin raising rates and extracting excess reserves? In late 2008, our minders diagnosed a credit crunch prescribing massive liquidity injections to make...
- The Credit Crunch Is Washington's Creation - October 27, 2009
- Many analysts decried the various Bush/Obama stimulus bills with the observation that deficits crowd out private investment. When Washington borrows money merely to...