Fiscal Cancer

Allan R. Bevere discusses the recent report of the bipartisan commission on the deficit.  The new is not good, but it is also not surprising. In Preserving Democracy, chapter 2, “Taxes and the Welfare State” discusses spending, taxation and the deficit, and these topics are taken up in chapter 10, “The Never Ending Struggle,” where…

Thomas Sowell on the Degeneration of Democracy

Thomas Sowell discusses the need for informed citizens in his latest column.  Key quote: Put differently, a democracy needs informed citizens if it is to thrive, or ultimately even survive. In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem…