Beware those conniving grade-school entrepreneurs. There’s no more poignant symbol of American childhood than the lemonade stand, evocative of long, lazy summer days and pie-in-the-sky entrepreneurial dreams. It inevitably was a subject for a Norman Rockwell print, with a brassy kid confidently hawking cups for 5 cents each. If Rockwell were to update ... MORERich Lowry: Government's War On Lemonade
Beware those conniving grade-school entrepreneurs. There’s no more poignant symbol of American childhood than the lemonade stand, evocative of long, lazy summer days and pie-in-the-sky entrepreneurial dreams. It inevitably was a subject for a Norman Rockwell print, with a brassy kid confidently hawking cups for 5 cents each. If Rockwell were to update ... MORELiberal Victory: Dependent Class Reaches 45.8 Million
Democrats increase voter base. Nearly 15% of the U.S. population relied on food stamps in May, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The number of Americans using the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- more commonly referred to as food stamps -- shot to an all-time high of 45.8 million in May, the USDA reported. ... MORETaxed Out New Yorkers Fleeing The State
from Newscore. Taxed-out New Yorkers are voting with their feet, with a staggering 1.6 million residents fleeing the state over the last decade. For the second consecutive decade, New York led the nation in the percentage of residents leaving for other states, according to the report by the Empire Center for State Policy. The population loss is "the ultimate barometer of ... MOREMatt Welch & Nick Gillespie: War Of Debt-Ceiling Analogies
Politicians quibble while real disaster looms. A funny thing happened on the way to a resolution over raising the nation’s credit limit: The most basic definitions of easy-to-understand words such as “spending,” “increase” and “budget cuts” went out the window faster than Anthony Weiner’s political career. The debt ceiling, which has been set by Congress since 1917, is ... MORETaxpayers To Fund Obama Campaign Swing
Prudent political spending in tough economic times. President Barack Obama’s upcoming bus tour through the Midwest states typically viewed as swing states during presidential election years will be paid for by the taxpayers, the White House says. Obama will start the tour on Aug. 15 and will talk about strengthening jobs and the economy, the White House announced on ... MORE
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