The deal included spending caps on nondefense discretionary spending for the next two years, and even that minimal bit of fiscal responsibility can have a measurable impact on future deficits. This is terrible news. A limit on spending growth is, by definition, a limit on economic growth. Coul...
Rather than arbitrarily limiting our investigations to something called consciousness — something that has no real definition — we should decide how much sensingness each object has. “How sensing is an adult person? How sensing is a dog, an octopus, a sunflower, a virus?” How much ability...
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When the PNP governor won a second term in 1996, the party mounted a campaign to hold still another plebiscite; however, the PPD, protesting that the definition of commonwealth on the ballot was inadequate, urged its followers to vote for “none of the above.” In the December 1998 plebisci...
Each little tribe hidden in the jungles of Africa and South America has its own religions. And by IRS definition, contributions to any of them would be tax deductible. But why? Why does the federal government wish to encourage these clubs, sects, groups, etc? Few of them are charities in...
This is terrible news. A limit on spending growth is, by definition, a limit on economic growth. Could you remember the formula for measuring the economy? Still, the modest decline in future deficits mainly illustrates the daunting size of the federal government’s debt problem. By 2053, the...
So, if no one knows what is in the proposal, how can I give you any facts about it? Easy. I may not knowwhatthe proposal is, but I knowwhois proposing it — the GOP — and really, that’s all you and I need to know.