unintended consequences

Taxes have consequences

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Democrats often fancy themselves defenders of the poor, but consider this, while the Democrats what to tax the internet - making access more expensive - only 11% of those making under $30,000 a year have the internet at home
Will more taxes make the internet more affordable so that those less fortunate can afford it?
Sen. John […]

Unintended Consequences

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Government efforts at benevolence always backfire. Inevitably, unintended consequences overwhelm the short-term and narrow benefits of authoritarian programs designed to make the economic system fair, the people morally better, and the world safe for democracy. One hundred years of intense government “benevolence” in the United States has brought us to the brink of economic collapse…
-Rep. […]