Local chambers of commerce: government booster clubs

By: Bob Weeks (Diary)  |  July 11th at 02:00 PM  | 

This column is cross-posted from Voice for Liberty in Wichita. The fact that the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce supports a tax increase reminded me of a piece in the Wall Street Journal by Stephen Moore that shows how very often, local chambers of commerce support principles of crony capitalism instead of pro-growth policies that support free enterprise and genuine capitalism. We may soon have | Read More »

Social Security Trust Fund: Why no truth?

By: Bob Weeks (Diary)  |  July 4th at 02:44 PM  | 

This column is cross-posted from Voice for Liberty in Wichita. Regardless of one’s attitude towards the Social Security system, the refusal by liberals to admit the fraud of the system’s trust fund remains an obstacle to honest discussion of the system’s future. Here’s an example from a prominent defender of the myth of the Social Security Trust Fund, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. In an | Read More »