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Personal responsibility in public policy
Tweet Personal responsibility is a core feature of sound public policy. Policies that try to relieve individuals of personal responsibility are unjust and unwise. Policies that recognize and encourage responsibility are far-sighted and effectual. This point is typically and appropriately … Continue reading
Romney, Obama and the 'takers'
Tweet Like many Americans by now, I listened to the recording of Mitt Romney talk about the “47 percent.” While there are some things to criticize about what Romney said, I have to admit that after I listened to him … Continue reading
Government welfare and moral excellence
Tweet The great demographer Nicholas Eberstadt recently wrote in The Wall Street Journal about the dramatic explosion in the receipt of government welfare. His concluding paragraphs: The prospect of careening along an unsustainable economic road is deeply disturbing. But another … Continue reading
Government is all too eager to displace your family
Tweet The great conservative sociologist Robert Nisbet notes: “It is the nature of both family and state to struggle for the exclusive loyalty of their respective, and overlapping, members.” (Robert Nisbet, Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary 110 [1982].) This struggle seems … Continue reading
Posted in Self-reliance
Tagged family, life of julia, Limited Government, self-reliance
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Capitol Daily Memo: measure to track poverty trends moves forward
Tweet The effort to give a “hand up, not a hand out” to Utah families stuck in poverty for several consecutive generations took another step forward today as SB 37 passed unanimously out of the House Workforce Services and … Continue reading
Capitol Daily Video: intergenerational poverty
Tweet Today’s video update is about SB 37, a bill sponsored by Senator Stuart Reid (R-Davis), which would require the state to track data related to intergenerational poverty. We interviewed Senator Reid and Sutherland policy analyst Matt Piccolo to … Continue reading
Isn’t a dollar still a dollar?
Tweet While waiting in an excessively long line in the grocery store the other day, I overheard a little girl say to her mom, “Can I have this? It’s just a dollar.” The girl’s mother didn’t respond. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Responsibility, Self-reliance
Tagged debt, personal responsibility, self-reliance
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Winds whip up power of people
Tweet The 100-plus mph wind gusts in northern Utah caused millions of dollars of harm to people and property yesterday, but they also whipped up something else. As the powerful winds diminished, the power of people kicked into high … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Self-reliance
Tagged charity, emergency preparedness, self-reliance
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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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Overspending will kill your Christmas cheer
Tweet “Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.” -Unknown With the holidays nearly upon us, I was thinking about all the good memories I have about Christmas and the good feelings associated … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Responsibility, Self-reliance
Tagged debt, self-reliance, spending
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The gift of self-reliance, stitch by stitch
Tweet My 10-year-old daughter just presented my husband and me with a Christmas wish list in the form of a letter: Dear Mom and/or Dad, Please, please, please get me a sewing kit for Christmas. I dearly want a … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Responsibility, Self-reliance
Tagged Christmas, parenting, self-reliance
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‘Free’ lunch for all Utah children this summer – at your expense
Tweet This summer, many government schools (and parks and rec centers) in Utah are offering free meals to anyone under age 18 who shows up, regardless of their need, using federal tax dollars. Check out this video report to … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Education, Personal Responsibility, Self-reliance, Taxes
Tagged Alexis Young, education, federal lunch program, self-reliance
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