America Is Now a Peter Pan Nation
Nowadays, growing numbers of the well-off and the poor see handouts as their birthrights in a quest to turn life into one big cradle until the grave. Not everybody, of course – but ever-growing numbers.
Economy
Bigger Benefits Won’t Help Children
A government that wants better for children whose parents can’t or won’t care for them properly would ensure that the substantial resource going into these homes was practical and effective.
When Paris Went Hungry Under Government Food Controls
During the French Revolution, authorities in Paris turned to “a series of ventures in price-fixing and food control” to ensure people did not go hungry. It didn’t work as planned.
Show Me a Starving Parent
By outsourcing parenting to the taxpayer, we aren’t curing hardship – we are subsidising a lifestyle of zero accountability.
On the Qiulae Wong Interview
Qiulae Wong and TOP seem to think they have invented a brave new world where self-interest no longer holds sway. To which the only answer would seem to be – good luck with that.
Breaking Down Comrade Mamdani’s 30% Discount
The socialists finally got what they wanted: they’re in power, in the spotlight. And they’re about to prove once and for all that their entire ideology is a complete and total disaster.
No, It’s Not Working This Time, Either
Government meddling in the market is pushing us to the brink of recession.
This Is Australia’s Next Black Market Frontier
The alcohol black market is not emerging despite government policy. It is emerging because of it.
Declining House Prices Are Not Good for Our Economy
Rushing headlong toward economic oblivion.
Why Oil Keeps Getting More Abundant
Oil deposits may be finite, but human knowledge is not. Freedom, innovation, and entrepreneurship continually transform our use of resources.
Land Tax Could Hammer Homeowners and Farmers
Troy Bowker says the tax would not take account of changing personal circumstances. “You pay this every single year regardless of your income and your personal circumstances.”