Economic issues-taxes, freedom to do business, unemployment
We hear and read about the advent of so-called "clean energy" sources, which are scheduled to take over from dirty sources such as coal, oil, and natural gas all over the world. The European Union, The USA, China, and many other countries are embarking on the energy transition with dispatch; banning internal-combustion vehicles, institution "cap …
How can every single automaker plan to go all-electric? This picture just blew me away. It is from Twitter, but I could copy it without actually going to Twitter, which I despise. The description of the above situation is as follows: Green madness. Electric cars belonging to the City of Paris. No one will buy …
Continue reading If the government of Paris is giving up on electric cars…
What's wrong with this picture? Since 1949, China has been ruled over by the Communist Party. The most prominent feature of Communism is "State control over the means of production". That means that the Government (the State) owns, or controls, the Economy. In the 1960s, after the death of Mao Zedong, his successor Deng Xiaoping …
From my Ricochet friend Rodin. I could not have said it better myself. Please read, and comment. The nation is in great danger and the problem and the solution is the same: party politics. Political parties are vehicles, not ideology. They can be tuned up and powered like race cars or left in disrepair like …
Continue reading Guest Blogger: We are called to a Great Cause
The "Nanny State" of Washington has enacted a new social program, paid for by all those who are employed in the state. Employees will now have half of 1% of their wages withheld, starting in January, for a "long-term care" tax, which will not be active until three years later. That benefit will be a …
Continue reading A new disincentive to work in the State of Washington
Yes, there is definitely a heatwave here in Western Washington. Every local news web site has multiple stories about the high temperatures being felt here, where 80 is normal summer. Here are a couple of screenshots of what I see on my phone right now. We have been in places where it was this hot, …
Continue reading Heatwave in Western Washington brings the expected responses
Last week, Exxon-Mobil, the integrated oil and gas company, had their annual shareholders meeting in their headquarters town of Houston, Texas. As a result of shareholder action, they now have three new members of their board of directors, from the Environmentalist non-profit called Engine No. 1. This group wants to basically put Exxon-Mobil and other …
Continue reading What the CEO of Exxon-Mobil should have said to the shareholders from Engine No. 1
For over a year, the medical establishment of the United States, and most of the US Federal Government, has been listening to the advice of so-called infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been in his very well-paid government job for decades. That advice basically caused government to shut down the thriving US economy, close …
The following is an excellent post, now promoted to the Ricochet Main Feed, regarding what happens when citizens of a Republic knowingly elect Tyrants to high office. We should all think very carefully about this, because we in America are already feeling the effects. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ First, Democrats convince blacks that they can’t possibly achieve anything …
Continue reading Guest blogger: Ricochet friend Dr. Bastiat-Converting Democracy into Tyranny
We all know that the Federal government has been spending your money like there's no tomorrow, lining the pockets of their favored groups, and "helping" the citizens who have been, what they call "impacted" (read: Ruined) by their actions to attack the Wuhan Coronavirus over the past year. One of the huge spending bills was …
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