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Monthly Archives: June 2012

Freedom Explained

My Internet connection is pretty lame and seems to work for only five or ten minutes at a time so I will be very brief.  Most of you understand that the Free State Project is only a plan to get people up here.  It is not involved in any activism itself.  That is left to […]

PorcFest!

Belmar Dodges A Bullet

Red Light Cameras Get another Black Eye   From today’s Asbury Park Press: State transportation officials Tuesday slammed the brakes on using red-light cameras in 21 towns to issue summonses to drivers until they can determine whether drivers are being given enough yellow-light time. The announcement came after a Monmouth County lawmaker alerted state transportation […]

“All The Evidence To Justify This Attack Is Bogus”

Doubling Down On Stupidity

Terrific article in yesterday’s Asbury Park Press on the sorry state of the solar industry in NJ.  I highly recommend reading it before they pull it down.  Here’s a preview:   Now it’s up to electricity ratepayers in the state to chip in to restore the market for the solar renewable energy certificates (SREC). A […]

Don’t Create Jobs, Create Stuff

Politicians are always talking about creating jobs.  But is jobs what we really want?  Personally, I have enough work to do.  I would like to have fewer jobs. But I want stuff. It’s not jobs we want, it’s productivity.  Slaves had jobs.  But their labor did not produce any wealth for themselves to enjoy.  It’s […]

Romney’s Own Solyndras

From yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: Mitt Romney reiterated this week his belief that government shouldn’t be “picking winners” in the private sector, and his campaign is pounding away at the argument that the Obama administration did exactly that in its failed investment in the Solyndra solar panel company. But as the Solyndra debate rolls on, that […]

Breaking! Wall Street Journal Discovers Basic Economics!

Classify under: Well……Duh! From today’s WSJ: As Student Debt Grows, Possible Link Seen Between Federal Aid and Rising Tuition Money Quote: The new study found that tuition at for-profit schools where students receive federal aid was 75% higher than at comparable for-profit schools whose students don’t receive any aid. Aid-eligible institutions need to be accredited […]

I’m Baaaa…..aaack!!

Press release 6-06-12 I am very happy and excited this morning to report that I have qualified to be on the ballot and will be running again this year for the position of councilman for the Borough of Belmar.  I will compete as an independent under the ballot heading of “Protecting Belmar’s Taxpayers”. I choose […]

Student Loans Enslave A Generation, Make Colleges Rich.

Before we begin, let’s do a little thought experiment. Imagine you were auctioning off a really nice chair and there were fifty people in the room, each with $100 available, bidding on it.  What’s the most that chair is going to sell for?  $100 of course.  Now let’s say that the government decided it was really important […]