George Rebane
Bernie will force employers to pay disabled workers the going minimum wage in his “disability rights” platform – according to socialist lights, it’s only fair. No matter that repeal of Sec 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act will no longer induce employers to fashion jobs for which the (mostly mentally) disabled can join the labor market, and with other workers provide a rewarding service. And the rank and file Dems don’t understand any of it.
"Germany's experience is typical for bureaucratic climate policies, and it stands in sharp contrast to the American experience. The U.S., though heavily criticized for not signing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, is curbing emissions today much faster than any country that actually did sign the agreement… U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have hit 30-year lows, even as global emissions have increased by 50% during the same period. And since 2005, natural gas has done more to reduce power sector dioxide emissions than all renewable energy sources combined, according to the Energy Information Administration." (more here and H/T to correspondent)
Pocahontas has another plan, this one to stamp out foreign and domestic “disinformation” campaigns: punish those who disseminate misleading online posts about elections. This includes holding responsible online platforms that let their users post such “disinformation”. What this former Harvard pinhead professor misses is that disinformation campaigns have been a staple of elections for centuries. Hardly any election has ever been held free of lies, libels, fabrications, mendacities, misrepresentations, fraud, … by opposing sides. Before the internet there were pamphlets, newspapers, radio, and TV. Is her sophomoric epiphany one more sign that our electorate has descended another couple of critical thinking rungs? Thank you unionized public schools.
[17feb20 update] George Boardman writes a good column (here) in the 17feb20 Union on NC’s economic development. His review of our recent economic development history makes clear that the county and city governments contribute materially to the county’s slow/no economic growth. His lament, “Where are the jobs that pay a living wage and offer a meaningful career path?” will go on until we attract an educated population which won’t happen until we can offer good schools and desirable commercial amenities. Our local politicians imposing their opinions on what businesses should be permitted and properly located continues to keep us as a backwater in a state that already has baked in anti-entrepreneurial policies.
[18feb20 update] Rep Chris Murphy (D-CN) was doing a little foreign policy on the side with Ukraine. Why he did it is more than a bit convoluted. But even his own best excuse doesn’t contradict his meddling in America’s foreign policy, which is a clear violation of the old Logan Act that the Dems have been trying to pin on a number of Repubs. I question the man’s ability to think clearly if he thought pulling a stunt like that would have no consequences. Who else in his brain trust also advised that the surreptitious visit would be a good idea?
[20feb20 update] One of the Dems’ big lies was again front and center in last night’s clown car debate – the economy is bad because there has been no wage growth for middle and lower class workers and minorities. Now as I have mentioned, such lies are consequential because it drives decisions of people who are too lazy or simply are not able to think critically. Here is what the Fed tells us about wage growth over the years. The Dems continue to tell consequential lies that totally misrepresent the existential situation in America and around the world. And their lamestream lackeys ignore, if not reinforce, the entire performance. Instead, they focus on the make no-never-mind ‘lies’ that Trump spouts in his usual and regrettable braggadocio tweets.
The joys of capitalism. A small innovative pharmaceutical company has come up with a vaccine for the corona virus in three hours after getting access to its genetic sequence. The company developed an algorithm that works on such double helixes to find the proper gene to disable that will neutralize the COVID-19 virus. Inovio Pharmaceuticals is now getting ready to mass produce the vaccine and have it ready for the market possible as soon as this summer. That’s the kind of innovation free markets invite, and the candidates in the Dems’ clown car want to dismantle. Remember, their mantra is that ‘you didn’t build that; you didn’t develop that, you didn’t …’ – it was all due to the great collective in the sky. (more here and H/T to correspondent)
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