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Why Utah should celebrate being 51st
Tweet When you read the term “economic security,” what do you think of? The likelihood that you’ll be able to find and keep good employment that will provide for your family? If so, then Utah is a great state to … Continue reading
Paradoxically, cult of privacy led us to NSA problems
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations. Are you concerned about the National Security Agency gathering blanket data through cell phone companies and Internet activity? Everyone should be … Continue reading
Obama’s big-government culture breeds scandals
Tweet Listen to the audio here: The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations. The Obama administration has had a rough couple of weeks. CBS News headline: “Top Obama officials … Continue reading
Large sodas, liquor and a free society
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: If you’ve ever searched for an infamous example of government overreaching its proper bounds, you need look no further than the … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Limited Government
Tagged alcohol, Legislature, Limited Government, New York
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What the Republican Party needs to champion
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: There is growing angst in Republican circles over the direction the Republican Party ought to take. While I am not a Republican … Continue reading
Obama’s utopia
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: With the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, his speech was impressive – even Reaganesque. He began by citing the Declaration of … Continue reading
Herbert: ‘From adversity comes strength, from strength comes success’
Tweet Last week Governor Gary R. Herbert was inaugurated to his first full term as Utah’s chief executive, having first accepted the role in 2009 when then-Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. was appointed ambassador to China. Conducted in the rotunda of … Continue reading
Utah government entities catalogue how they compete with the private sector
Tweet During yesterday’s interim meetings, the Legislature’s Political Subdivisions Interim Committee heard reports from representatives of higher education, K-12 public schools, counties, cities, and others about activities they participate in that potentially compete with the private sector and how they … Continue reading
Posted in Free market, Government Spending, Legislature, Limited Government
Tagged big government, competition, private sector
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Positive signs for Orem taxpayers after 8-hour tax hearing
Tweet After an eight-hour Truth in Taxation Hearing, the Orem City Council voted 4-3 at 1:45 this morning to approve a 25 percent property tax increase for the Orem portion of the property tax bill, instead of the proposed 50 … Continue reading
Liberal economic policies are killing jobs (part 2)
Tweet As a follow-up to a previous blog post about how liberal public policies on a federal level are contributing to the pitiful number of job opportunities for low- and middle-income families since the end of the recession in 2009, … Continue reading
Posted in Limited Government
Tagged economy, employment, jobs, Obama, Obamacare, recession, unemployment
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Union pensions: the next government bailout?
Tweet A recent Weekly Standard (WS) article chronicles a coming financial and economic crisis in union pension plans with gloomy implications for Utah’s (and the nation’s) economy. In short, the article describes a scenario in which these plans may become … Continue reading
Energy and conservative environmentalism
Tweet How we think about the environment and human beings’ place in it can dramatically impact people’s lives through public policy. This becomes evident when it comes to energy development and regulation. Radical environmental thinking – which values the existence … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Free market, Limited Government, Uncategorized
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Running into a pileup of vehicle fees
Tweet Welcome to the wonderful world of vehicle titling and registration. I recently had the pleasure of running this perilous gantlet when I bought an old grocery-getter of a car, and my wallet is $263 lighter as a consequence. … Continue reading
Posted in Limited Government, Regulation
Tagged car inspection, Limited Government, regulation
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Americans’ fear of big government grows
Tweet The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) crowd claims to represent 99 percent of Americans in “fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations.” It turns out that Americans are far less concerned about big business … Continue reading
If you give an occupier a cookie
Tweet Growing up one of my favorite stories to read was “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” The book’s simple illustrations and the ingenuity the young boy used to accommodate the insatiable mouse made it a fun and … Continue reading
Posted in Limited Government, Self-reliance
Tagged Democracy in America, Limited Government, OWS, self-reliance
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