Life of Emily

Saving Social Security

Why Keynesian Economics Fails

The Obama Administration seems to be fan of Keynesian economics. It is like the religious belief in global warming. It means bigger government and more power to the folks who run the government.

We can't spend our way out of the recession. We need increases in real (inflation-adjusted) income.

Why Obama Administration Economics is Wrong

How Obama Discourages Investment

Investment causes jobs. The Obama Administration acts to discourage investment by raising taxes on investment and by refusing to index the capital gains tax:

Law of Economics Trump Government Schools

The laws of economics always win. That is why politicians should be required to understand economics.

Too Many Bureaucrats

Economics of the Deficit and Unfunded Liabilities

Once again here is a Center for Freedom and Prosperity discussing a topic particularly relevant in light of the White House economic report released on Friday.

Minimum Wage Kills Jobs, Explained

The Center for Freedom and Prosperity does it again:

Economics: Repeal of Obamacare, What is Next?

This is another in the Center for Freedom and Prosperity's "Economics 101" series. This is a bit more advanced that the previous efforts, but well worth the time:

Government Kills Economics: The Rahn Curve

Another in the series of economics lessons that progressives need to understand -- but don't and won't.

Too Much Federal Government

Excellent video. It shows that including fringe benefits, federal bureaucrats make nearly twice the average private sector workers' compensation including benefits.

Economics for Public Officials

It has become painfully obvious that our elected politicians as a group lack any basic understanding of economics. That is obvious, because their public statements and the laws they pass reflect that ignorance. Here is a video that every elected politician should see, or rather, study:



The demagogues of the Democratic Party like to howl about how lowering capital gains taxes favor "the rich."

No. Lowering capital gains taxes favors job creation and the economy overall.

The Cost of Tax Compliance: Another Way That Congress Screws Americans

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Warning: The following video contains concepts that may be too difficult for Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Rep. Alan Grayson, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, Rep. Maxine Waters, and many other Democrats to grasp: