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After the Depression of 1920, Presidents Harding and Coolidge relied on the citizens of the Great Experiment to recover.  And America did!  But certainly not without pain; but also certainly .11/29/2021 17:17:40PM EST.

President Calvin Coolidge wrote how he “knew that when taxes were laid someone had to work to earn the money to pay them. I saw that the public debt was .11/24/2021 16:00:49PM EST.

Even if Wilson’s intent to stabilize the economy was genuine, albeit massively elitist and bemoaning of American’s exceptionalism, it was to no avail.  The “grim” economy continued under Wilson as .10/29/2021 18:17:24PM EST.

A recent  summary  of the four major federal parties’ positions on climate change showcases the pitfalls of political solutions. From the perspective of…

Article content The whole point of a carbon tax is to remove politics from the equation, so the “price on carbon” lets market participants decide where to cut emissions. By having to pay stiff carbon taxes and finance millions in subsidies to particular companies, the average Canadian taxpayer is getting hit with the worst of both worlds. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or MURPHY: Trudeau payout to steel plant exposes carbon tax flaw Back to v...

The self-styled investigative journalism outlet ProPublica recently published private IRS tax information—presumably embarrassing private tax information—for a host of ultrawealthy and famous Americans. I say “self-styled” because the organization claims a pretty lofty and self-important mission to use the “moral force” of journalism on behalf of the public interest against abuses of power. But does this apply to state power, such as when a federal agency employ...

In its latest federal budget, the Trudeau government proposed $129 million to help contain the threat of wildfires, declaring that, “Climate change is causing…

Berlin’s Disastrous Rent Control Law Gets Scrapped Rent control can’t fix housing problems. It’s one of the few issues economists overwhelmingly agree on. Friday, April 16, 2021 Rent control may be making a comeback in the US, but the controversial policy had an unceremonious ending in Berlin this week barely a year after going into effect. “A controversial rent cap to control soaring rents in the German capital Berlin has been scrapped by the countrys Constitutional Court,” the newsw...

Article content The Trudeau government wants to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Although more than 120 other countries have adopted the same target, Canada’s large oil and gas sector makes many workers particularly vulnerable. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Guest Opinion: Trudeau net-zero target puts crosshairs on workers Back to video Indeed, a new study from TD estimates that 312,000 to 450,000 oil and gas workers are at risk of displa...

Climate Deniers Backed Violence and Spread Pro-Insurrection Messages Before, During, and After January 6 Feb 16, 2021 @ 14:35 On the evening of January 6, 2021, the day of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship, who ran against Donald Trump as a third-party candidate in the 2020 election, began an all-caps Twitter thread. “Why is it that American politicians and the American media support citizen uprisings in China, Poland, South Africa, and throu...