“We can evade reality, but
we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.”
--- Ayn Rand
“We can evade reality, but
we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.”
--- Ayn Rand
It was 46X more likely in 2024 that a black-white crime involved a black offender and a white victim than a white offender and black victim.
Democrats always say they want to adopt the Scandinavian model. Okay. That would mean lowering taxes on the Top1% and increasing them for everyone else.
The Tax the Rich cries are disingenuous. Among 33 developed countries United States ranks #1 in tax progressivity, ahead of all OECD peers.
US Has the Most Progressive Tax System in the Developed World | Cato at Liberty Blog
I hear a lot today about it being less "affordable" today than it used to be.
Perhaps in part because we are trading less work for more leisure?
Want to know why you see so many crazy people on the streets and in social media?
1955: 161 million American citizens 1955: 560k mental asylum patients 2024: 332 million American citizens 2024: 35k mental asylum patients
We've unleashed the mentally ill to walk amongst us without treatment.
Liberals always complain that The Rich are not paying their "fair share" of taxes. Whatever that share is , it seems to be increasing every year.
Share of Tax Burden by Quintile
The media says we have a gun problem. I'd say it looks like something else.
Firearm Homicides per
100,000 population
Canada 1.8
France 2.6
Austria 2.8
Finland 3.3
US Hispanics 6.4
US Blacks 19.4
You hear everywhere "Hurricanes are getting more severe and frequent because of CLIMATE CHANGE!"
Maybe this a better example of "disinformation"?
The inconvenient fact about the climate is that we are in an all-time cooling period. It may be reverting to a more normal warm period. If so, what are the odds we can stop this with a Green New Deal?
There is always much handwringing about the "racial gap" in wealth. It's casually treated as a result of racism. Yet look at this one piece of data. Married households have far greater wealth than single households. Is it racism that makes blacks less likely to live in married households? How? If you want to reduce the "gap", might it not be good social policy to promote marriage and stop glorifying single parents?
Lower tax RATES for the highest incomes result in a greater tax burden, not a lesser one.
The simple reason is that when you can keep more of what you earn, you are incented to produce more income.
Wondering why elite schools like Harvard resort to blatant anti-Asian discrimination?
Children raised in fatherless homes
Black children: 64%
Hispanic children: 42%
White children: 24%
Asian children: 16%
There is an inverse correlation here with educational achievement. If you wanted to improve the performance of black kids and get more of them into college, maybe you should attack the underlying causes rather than applying affirmative action remedies?
Children raised in fatherless homes
Black children: 64%
Hispanic children: 42%
White children: 24%
Asian children: 16%
The media can't figure out why they aren't believed anymore. I can come up with a few reasons for that.
Russian Collusion
“Very fine people”
Brett Kavanaugh is a serial rapist
Hands up Don’t Shoot
Jussie Smolett hoax
Covington kids are racist
Trump stored nuclear secrets at Mar-A-Lago
Mostly peaceful protests
Andrew Cuomo saved seniors
Covid vaccine stops Covid
Office Sicknick was murdered by protesters.
Covid came from wet market bats
Hunter Biden’s Laptop was Russian
disinformation
Border agents whipped migrants
Masks work
Lockdowns are science-based
Boys with penises are girls
Don’t Say Gay is in the Florida law
Joe Biden is mentally sound
Tawana Brawley
Racist Duke LaCrosse players
Our border is secure
Little difference in Covid deaths in lockdown states versus free states.
Huge difference in economic damage.
According to their "equity" goals, shouldn't colleges be making it harder for women to gain admission?
This is what happens when you lock kids out of school for two years on the pretense of protecting them from a virus.
You can hear just about every day Democrats complaining that our debt explosion was caused by Trump's "tax cuts for the rich". If those rate cuts generated this much more revenue, maybe the right answer is we need even more "tax cuts for the rich".