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Archive of posts published in the tag: Margaret Thatcher

The Dirty Little Secret of Tax Policy

This is the biggest lie perpetuated from the left; that our vast social spending can be funded by only taxing the wealthiest 1%. The math just does not work. As Thatcher so famously noted, “You eventually run out of other people’s money.”

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The Pope and Capitalism

Pope Francis offered his judgment on modern capitalism in his 50,000 word address, Evangelii Gaudium: Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and

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We Are Gonna Need a Bigger Pie

John Merline Writes in Investor’s Business Daily Income Inequality Rose Most Under President Clinton, 11/3/11 Excerpts: Meanwhile, during Clinton’s eight years, the wealthiest 5% of American households saw their incomes jump 45% vs. 26% under Reagan. The Gini index shot

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