Quick bump: Send the kids to war
Should children whose "brains aren't fully formed" be forced to fight in wartime? One Congressman thinks so.
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The irony of the global corporate tax cartel
Governments say cartels are economically harmful and even morally wrong. So why are they establishing one of the largest cartels ever created?
The headline: "G20 leaders endorse global minimum corporate tax deal for 2023 start" (Reuters). And it's not just the G20, there are reportedly 140 countries signing on. They
84 years of debt and counting
Almost every American who was alive in 1934 is gone now. But their deficit spending isn't. They never paid for it. In fact, all $21 trillion in deficit spending from the past 84 years is still on the books. The United States hasn't paid off any deficit spending since the
3 ways Congress screwed up student loans
Congress has completely screwed up student loans. First it ventured deep into the student loan business. It issued loans to many Americans who would have been off better without them. Then it made student loans almost impossible to discharge in bankruptcy. Now many Americans are financially suffocating under the weight
Our protectors must do better
The most essential duty of government is to protect people from each other. But when it comes to mass shooters, government agencies at every level keep botching the job.