Questiion 77
Does political pork achieve anything? Is it supposed to? Or is it a simple transfer of wealth and nothing more? Do we just put up with the stupidity and greed because we think we can afford it? And, if that's the case, do we think green pork is any different?
The IRS is advertising for applicants. Requirements include working a minimum “50 hours per week, which may include irregular hours, and be on-call 24/7, including holidays and weekends” and “Carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary.”
Never thought of the IRS and "deadly force."
The most widely celebrated paper in recent years on the economics of climate change concludes that green-energy subsidies mostly just increase total energy consumption rather than displace fossil fuels. The impact on CO2 and temperatures is “minuscule,” according to Princeton’s José Luis Cruz Álvarez and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg.
If a bill that reduces the deficit by $300 billion over 10 years represents “inflation reduction,” what are we to make of a law Congress passed last year that increased the deficit by an estimated $1.7 trillion in less than two years?--wsj
"Structural"--as in structural racism or structural poverty or structural sexism--is a word perfect for its time. It preempts cause and effect; that is, the lack of evidence does not diminish it. Which is to say, it is an assumption. Or, as is probably the case for many, a wish.
The IRS is advertising for applicants. Requirements include working a minimum “50 hours per week, which may include irregular hours, and be on-call 24/7, including holidays and weekends” and “Carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary.”
Never thought of the IRS and "deadly force."
The most widely celebrated paper in recent years on the economics of climate change concludes that green-energy subsidies mostly just increase total energy consumption rather than displace fossil fuels. The impact on CO2 and temperatures is “minuscule,” according to Princeton’s José Luis Cruz Álvarez and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg.
If a bill that reduces the deficit by $300 billion over 10 years represents “inflation reduction,” what are we to make of a law Congress passed last year that increased the deficit by an estimated $1.7 trillion in less than two years?--wsj
"Structural"--as in structural racism or structural poverty or structural sexism--is a word perfect for its time. It preempts cause and effect; that is, the lack of evidence does not diminish it. Which is to say, it is an assumption. Or, as is probably the case for many, a wish.
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