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Archives for September 2020

Only Trump’s Pro-Growth Agenda can Save America’s Economy—Again

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Since America has begun reducing the severity of its COVID-19-shutdown, the country has seen an incredible economic rebound. The tax and regulatory reforms put in place before the shutdown set the stage for rapid recovery. Today, many areas of the American economy are showing vibrant signs of life. Several measures of economic momentum have nearly […]

Florida, USA, the World’s Most Dangerous Place?

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Florida Governor Rick DeSantis understands what many blue states leaders have apparently forgotten: COVID-19 restrictions without any proven public health benefits are neither sustainable nor wise. “By any reasonable measure, the Sunshine State has been managing its affairs better than lockdown media stars like New Jersey and New York. Florida has plenty of elderly residents, […]

#1 Debate Review: Meet the Catalysts Stirring this Election

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If you’re waking up this morning after the first presidential debate in your new country home—after having escaped a city that looked nothing like where you originally hoped to raise your family—you’re wondering how blue state politicians let it all go to pot. You’re not political, you’re a successful businessperson, and you never liked the […]

The “Presidential” Debate a Chaotic Mess

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President Trump failed to follow Napoleon’s famous advice: Don’t “interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Fox News Channel moderator, Chris Wallace, did an excellent and professional job “largely without bias,” reports Conrad Black in American Greatness. Mr. Wallace’s main failure was that he didn’t come down hard enough on the interruptions from […]

Joe Biden – Exceeding Expectations

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There was no drooling in his shoes, no utterly loosing the thread of a conversation, so Joe Biden evidently exceeded expectations. Who Won? According to Roger Kimball in Spectator.US, on balance, the President did. By “won” Mr. Kimball means, how did the candidates impress the people watching them? The Main Issues Law and Order. Trump […]

Results of Our New England Lawn Sign Count

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Debbie and I just returned from tallying up lawn signs on a six-state fall foliage road trip. Thanks to Marxist-centric Amherst, MA, in the last hour of the fourth day, Biden thundered ahead 42 to 40. In the last hour of our last day it took Amherst MA, the most liberal town we visit to […]

The “Big” Tax Story? Trump Should Thank Obama

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Business owners often legally exploit the U.S. tax code’s treatment of chronic business losses in order to reduce their tax burden. After conducting a full-scale investigation of Donald Trump’s tax returns, the NYT investigative team has failed to uncover anything illegal or clearly wrong. Except in one case, we have to assume the IRS signed […]

Vanguard Proving Why It’s Too Big, Yet Again

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Just when you think Vanguard might see the light and get back to its roots, it shows once again why it has become too big and is just like any other money-sucking behemoth–like BlackRock. Vanguard has proven this with the introduction of its own ESG investments program. In my series “You Invest, They Win,” I […]

Dick Young’s Library of Must Read Posts

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A library of my must read posts: Americans Must Escape the Two Income Trap The Armed American Family: Part I The Armed American Family: Part II The Armed American Family, Part III The Armed American Family: Part IV The Armed American Family, Part V The Armed American Family, Part VI America: For Liberty not Democracy […]