Things We Read Today (55)

Chafee’s record; the many ways to spy on civilians; what a constitution is for; when the debate on health-plan abortion?; the “natural right” to work the land.

The Voodoo Cursing EBT Card Collector. And What Is RI Doing About It?

The exposure in Mass, completely by accident, of yet another incident of welfare abuse is an excellent opportunity to ask for an update as to what Rhode Island is doing to catch, prevent and discourage the same here. (Plus a semi-related clip from a Mel Brooks movie.)

Things We Read Today (52): Friday

IRS targeting continues; a handbook for manipulating the public; playing games with government investment-backstopping; healthcare on the long slide down to government destruction.

School Choice Would Teach Students to Be American

Essays submitted to the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity’s “Friedman Legacy Day 2013” contest suggest that public schools are preparing students for public dependency, not the dynamic process of overcoming obstacles on which the American dream is founded.

A Quick Thought on Zoning & Affordable Housing

Discussion of affordable housing needs to come out of the realm of theory and be understood through reasoning about human nature and geography.

Two Sides to Every Bill: Low Income Housing Taxes

The Providence Journal editorial board fires off another knee jerk missive, complaining that legislators are passing knee jerk legislation. The writer should have done a bit more research and offered a bit more explanation.

RI Center For Freedom & Prosperity: “38 Questions on the Superman Building”

38 Questions to head off another potential 38 Studios (a.k.a., the Superman Building)

Contrasting Safety Net Trends: US (Relentlessly Expanding) vs Denmark (Wising Up)

So this week, we learn that America’s welfare cell phone program is so out of control that a United States senator received a solicitation offering her one.

The Business of Ending World Poverty

The World Bank’s deadline for solving global “extreme poverty” echoes a charity proposed by Herman Melville’s Devil, with a lesson that applies the world over.

Government Employees Get Paychecks, Not Handouts

A letter in today’s Providence Journal suggests that I’m equating government employees with the people who receive direct government handouts. That’s mistaken; they’re different (if overlapping) groups.

Another State Route to Riches: Institutional Attendants Earning Six Figures

Nursing assistants under a particular job title at government-run Eleanor Slater Hospital are taking home up to nearly $115,000 per year, with overtime and other enhanced pay.

Kicking Off the Office Pool on the Size of the Block-Report Scandal

The waste, fraud, and abuse to which Governor Chafee may (or may not) put an estimate based on Ken Block’s analysis will likely fall in the range of $106-185 million, putting 38 Studios at the low-end of this annual scandal.

Things We Read Today (49), Weekend

An article not about what it’s about; sequester demagoguery; softening kids for “effort shock”; and the rise of grassroots fascism.

When the Insiders’ Cut Comes First

Progressives and unions want to make a high tax burden “more fair” by making it even higher. Justin thinks the better answer would be eliminating the “least fair” tax, the sales tax.

Consequences Schmonsequences, as Long as We Have Control

Government control of Americans’ lives brings to mind Daffy Duck’s quest for found wealth.

Gary Alexander’s Long Commute and Rhode Island’s Big Compensation

RI resident and PA Secretary of Public Welfare Gary Alexander has come under media scrutiny in both states for using a state vehicle to travel between them. Less-reported information gives context to the issue and to the compensation of government officials generally.

Things We Read Today (37), Thursday

Changing unions’ privatization strategy; the government spending ratchet; the government spending racket; and the trap of dependency.

Things We Read Today (36), Wednesday

Threats to the economy (cliffs and debts); RI lagging again (yawn); dependors and dependees; Social Security a problem; and a civil right to the war zone frat party.

Whitehouse’s Social Security Blinders

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse offers a succinct recitation of his party’s flawed talking points on Social Security.

City Politics, Country Politics

Debate around the Internet is beginning to make the city-suburb divide look like a festering battle along ideological lines.

Rep. Mattiello, Sen. Gallo Accused of “Spreading Misinformation” About Sex Offenders and Homeless Service Centers

Now that they are up for re-election, Democratic Majority Leader Nicholas Mattiello and his close ally Sen. Hanna Gallo, also a Democrat, are posturing as forceful advocates for neighborhood safety in Cranston.

RI Governor Gives Nation a Preview of Obama’s Public Welfare Project

RI Governor Lincoln Chafee’s claim to independence at the Democrat National Convention doesn’t jibe with his lunge toward President Obama’s larger welfare intention with health benefit exchanges.

President Obama’s Early Inklings of the Dependency Portal

A 1998 recording of then-Illinois-state-senator Barack Obama expressing belief in “redistribution” may be more noteworthy for the evidence that it provides for the motivation behind “dependency portals.”

Things We Read Today (15), Thursday

Issuing bonds to harm the housing market; disavowing movies in Pakistan and tearing down banners in Cranston; the Constitution as ours to protect; the quick failure of QE3; and Catholic social teaching as the bridge for the conservative-libertarian divide.

Rhode Island’s “Dependency Portal” Bolsters Romney’s Arguments

Mitt Romney has found himself under fire for referencing the number of Americans who he says are dependent on government. Rhode Island’s health benefits exchange is arguably a pathway toward even larger dependency.

Revisiting April: Romney’s Themes Were the Same

Video from Romney’s April 11 town hall in Warwick, RI, shows that there’s not much surprising about the “secret” video purporting to show him disregarding government-dependent Americans.

Things We Read Today, 8

September 11, global change, evolution, economics, 17th amendment, gold standard, and a boughten electorate… all to a purpose.

Things We Read Today, 7

Today it’s debt and gambling, from bonds to pensions to entitlements, with consideration of regionalization, ObamaCare, and campaign finance.

Things We Read Today, 2

Tuesday’s quick(ish) hits find a theme in partisanship and government spending.

Things We Read Today, 1

Justin rustles up some quick hit-posts from his daily reading list.

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