I want to say that I am a strong advocate for our public school system in the order of the excellent education I received 56 years ago. We need to reinstate educational excellence in our institution of public education. This is what I want. This is what parents want and this is what Commissioner Edelblut wants in my conversations with him.
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If Public Schools Are Better They Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Competition
SHOT: Kansas Teacher Unions hate curriculum transparency for Parents (e.g., prevent Parents from being able to access ALL of the materials we use to teach their kids).
Freedom and the New Hampshire Advantage
New Hampshire’s six-year run of business tax cuts should have made the state’s corporate income tax rate the second-lowest in New England. But a funny thing happened along the way. New Hampshire was joined by an unexpected rival.
Notable Quote – Private Sector has to Work at Stuff while Public Sector Can Be Mediocre
And unlike a government agency, the private owner is obliged by self-preservation to try to avoid losses, which means that he is forced to run his railroad economically and efficiently. And also unlike a government agency, the private capitalist is nearly always obliged to face competition – which means to make the services he provides or the … Read more
Notable Quote – So you think the State is really that SMAHT? Versus the Markets?
The premise of superior foresightedness in the State, and the premise of the harmlessness of imposing its will coercively, is as we have noted in orthodox economics about a century old.
Apple Restrictions on Ad Targeting Mean It’s Game On
Facebook wants to hear gaming companies’ concerns about Apple’s new mobile operating system. Apple’s iOS 14 update will limit the effectiveness of Facebook ads. Gaming companies reliant on Facebook ads may curb ad spending. This would include Google, Snap, and Twitter.
The Liberating Power of Private Business and Free Enterprise Is Essential
Conservatives believe the liberating Power of private business and free enterprise is essential. Private business and free enterprise are far from being the source of all evil. We believe private business is far better than big government.
Business Taxes are Bad… Here’s Why
Some things are important to know but don’t make sexy reading. You won’t find reports on the global competition to cut business taxes on the front pages newspapers, in social media or on television. That does not mean competition to cut business taxes has not been happening. In fact it is happening right in front … Read more
Affordable Quality Healthcare
Trump administration does it for the children Don’t we want a properly functioning healthcare system? Hasn’t the time come to make it happen? The Trump administration is moving this month to make healthcare providers disclose their prices. That includes the prices they charge insurers. The new initiative complements several related steps the administration has taken. … Read more
Quick Shot: Sex In Sport – Women Can’t Compete With Men in Professional Sports
The long and short of it is this. Male Professional athletes will beat their female counterparts no matter what gender anyone claims. This excerpt from Sex in Sport makes that point about as clearly as you can. Testerone matters. And you can’t even pretend to make it close.
Part III: Will Market Competition Solve These Issues?
Who Done it? Luigi Zingales is an Italian born MIT doctorate, now Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author of two widely reviewed books: “Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists” and “Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity”. Economic and financial journals have published his work extensively. He has … Read more
Cable Competition coming to my hamlet? I could enjoy that?
Here in NH, most cable TV / ISP municipal agreements between towns and providers have been monopoly arrangements – one town, one cable provider. I’ve been fairly happy with my with respect to service and features (first Metrocast and now Atlantic Broadband) but the price is a bit steep. So, when I say this coming … Read more
Instead of a ‘Trade War’ German Car Makers Propose Tariff Free Trade With United States
Two weeks ago the Left was predicting a trade apocalypse after Mr. Trump said he wanted our G7 allies to drop their tariffs on US goods or he’d raise ours to match them. As an alternative, on his way out the door to meet with Kim Jong Un (something else no other U.S. President had done), he suggested a tariff and subsidy-free trading zone amongst all G7 nations.
The Democrat Party apocalypse tour shouted good night America! as they looked for their next world-ending Trump Derangement Syndrome induced narrative. But somewhere along the way, Germany’s largest automakers said, “hey, we’d love to end all import tariffs on cars between the EU and the US.”
Notable Quote – Prof. Don Broudreau
Economic competition is the most reliable and incorruptible form of regulation. If in free markets that are unsullied by government favoritism an airline mistreats its passengers or a bank is careless with its customers’ deposits, the market punishes these firms with losses and, if they don’t mend their ways, with bankruptcy. In other words, when markets are free, the ability of consumers to withhold their spending is a source of what I believe to be the most strict means of regulation.
In contrast, so-called regulation by government has the opposite effect. Although sold as government efforts to ensure that businesses better serve the public, far too many government “regulations” are really devious schemes to give politically powerful industry incumbents protection against competition from upstart entrepreneurs and politically weak firms.
Has Jeanne Shaheen Had A Come To Jesus Moment on Taxes?
Eighteen Democrat US Senators have sent a letter to Harry Reid requesting that the Medical Device tax portion of Obama-Care be delayed. The letter does not say it directly, preferring to dance around the issue, but it is obvious that these 18 Democrats, New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen among them, believe the Medical Device tax … Read more
Captive customers and the U.S. Post Office monopoly then and now….
I found myself in a post office yesterday. Gawd. I waited in line, and waited in line…and waited in line. The counter had
one, and only one, postal employee at “work.” She chatted and talked and chatted and talked with the captive customer ahead of me. And I waited some more…I waited longer than I’ve ever waited in line in a Publix or any other grocery store. I waited longer than in any Wal-Mart I’ve ever been in. I waited longer for service than I’ve ever waited at any restaurant that I didn’t walk out of.
Why did I put up with that? Because the post office has a monopoly of course! Why not open it up to free market competition? Oh no! We couldn’t allow that! The private companies would “skim the cream.” Rural service would suffer! Mail would be too complicated!
Oh bosh. Like food? Like shoes? Don’t we need a monopoly government service to make sure that “rural areas” get enough food and shoes? To make sure that some stores don’t “skim the cream” on food and shoes? But I digress. The reason the post office has a monopoly is that it’s a bloated political bureaucracy that has outlived its usefulness. You doubt me? Here’s what Thomas Jefferson had to say about the early post office:
Finally Some School Choice in NH
New Hampshire parents and children should annually celebrate June 27th. On that day, the NH Legislature enacted SB 372 which helps the children of low and middle income families attend the schools of their choice rather than being trapped in failing and mediocre public schools.
On June 27th 251 Republicans and one Democrat overrode Governor Lynch’s veto of SB 372. The other Democrat legislators joined Governor Lynch in trying to protect the teacher’s unions and the educational establishment which provides Democrats so much campaign support but which has been increasingly failing the children of New Hampshire and the United States for the last 50 years.