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A boldly misguided idea
If the assignment was to come up with a novel idea Thomas Foley gets an A but if the assignment was to come up with an idea to improve economic equity within society his idea is worse than doing nothing and far worse than ideas such as the Freedom Dividend that Andrew Yang proposed several years ago. Continue reading
Posted in politics, thoughts
Tagged BasicIncome, economics, free markets, innovation, UBI
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Trump’s deportation priority
Come see a teenager demonstrate a better grasp of the intersection between immigration and our economy than our president elect seems to have. Continue reading
Politics vs Economics
I am not surprised that there are big ideas that make perfect sense from an economic perspective which are politically unpopular – after all, doing what has been deemed to be politically possible has led us to a dire economic position. Continue reading
Taxes: Supply vs Demand
The bulk of the discussion at the legislative town hall meeting last week was focused on fiscal issues of one kind or another. One thing that was briefly touched on was the potential return of sales tax on unprepared food. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Liljenquist, economics, House 20, Senate 23, taxes, thoughts, town hall
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Defined Benefit Pensions: A Failed Experiment
photo credit: inspecie.co.uk After the town hall meeting I attended on Wednesday I have been thinking about pension plans generally. The state of Utah is looking at changing their pension offerings for new employees to save the state from future … Continue reading
Roll Your Own . . .
photo credit: She Who Shall Not Be Named When I wrote about the importance of investing in yourself I was having trouble trying to find the words to convey what I meant. I finally found a way to explain what … Continue reading
Invest in Yourself
photo credit: Cambodia Trust I drove in to work later than usual today and caught a bit of Glenn Beck. Like many conservative talk radio hosts I have heard he was promoting the value of gold as an investment. What … Continue reading
Public to Private is a One Way Economic Street
photo credit: taberandrew A post entitled The New Robber Barons got me thinking about what happens when public and private enterprises compete in a marketplace. Thinking about that led to some interesting observations. The first of which is that progressives … Continue reading
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Tagged connections, economics, Elevated, free markets, government, KVNU FTP, questions, thoughts
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Your Employer: Competitor or Collaborator?
photo credit: Trypode This question is framed in terms of employer sponsored health care benefits, but it really applies to any employer/employee interaction. Are you working with your employer, or are you competing with your employer? To put it another … Continue reading
Too Rich to Go Bankrupt
photo credit: Stowe Boyd By “too rich to go bankrupt” I don’t mean someone so rich that they never will go bankrupt. What I mean by that is someone so rich that them going bankrupt would destabilize our economy and … Continue reading