A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
Minimum wage hike not the answer
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., recently proposed raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. On March 5 he tweeted, “Raising the minimum wage is an issue of economic justice. It will stimulate our economy and generate new jobs.” Harkin could not be more wrong. I intend to prove that the opposite is true using explanations right out of a principles of macroeconomics textbook, a book Sen. Harkin ought to read.
Happiness is a serious problem
“You are as happy as you decide to be.”
The importance of labels
It is now politically-incorrect to “label” people. I think this means that we’re not supposed to call someone a liberal when they’re a, well, a liberal. I understand. The liberal label is tainted…
Corporations aren’t the problem for the Post Office, they’re the solution
Protestors gathered in support of Saturday mail delivery here in Des Moines. The Des Moines Register ran the story. It featured a protestor carrying a placard which said: “Stop corporate mailers’ subsidies.” Why are corporations always blamed for everything?
If Bush lied, Clinton lied
With the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War upon us, the “Bush lied” crowd has reasserted themselves. For the record, here is specifically what the President said: “Saddam Hussein has huge stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons. And some day, some way, I guarantee you, he’ll use the arsenal.” Only it wasn’t President Bush who spoke it.
Golfer Sergio Garcia mimics President Obama
This humble blog has occasionally been critical of President Obama’s fiscal policy, social policy, foreign policy, and veracity. You might say that Quiner’s Diner views Mr. Obama as being “up a tree” when it comes to his presidency …
A fiscal postmortem of the Iraq War
It’s been a decade since the Iraq War began. Voices on the left are clear: our fiscal problems that continue under President Obama are the result of an unnecessary war on Iraq forced on the country by former President Bush. Is this really true? The Congressional Budget Office says no …
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