Tag Archives: Job Growth
How much worse do we have to pollute the environment before we do something?
When you increase the cost of doing something, you get less of it. A regulation on production has compliance costs, which makes less regulated locations more competitive and attractive to industry. When such regulations involve pollution, regulating industry away from the regulation, increases pollution. Continue reading
Teach a man to fish
I am challenged about the extension of unemployment payments to people who have been getting them for 99 weeks. I have avoided responding to such a narrow part of government spending because it does not behave or produce any differently … Continue reading
Will Teach for Peanuts
Did any of you notice that the President wants to spend the “leftover” TARP money on “job creation?” Why do I care? We were told that the money, once repaid, would be used to pay back the loans taken to … Continue reading