By CHRIS POWELL Theodore Roosevelt, who in his time was considered good liberal authority, noted that the first duty of a citizen is to pull his own weight. Only then, Roosevelt said, can a citizen’s surplus strength be of use to society. Waterbury’s water disaster is a political lesson for all It’s a wonderful lifeContinue reading “Connecticut should push people to pull their own weight”
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Much poverty in Connecticut arises from bad state policy
By Chris Powell Poverty has three causes. First is bad luck, like diseases and accidents that are not the fault of the sufferer. Second is bad personal conduct. Third is public policy that incentivizes bad conduct. Clash on school library books shows Connecticut Democrats hate democracy Rowland’s pardon means little; and Looney cites bad parentingContinue reading “Much poverty in Connecticut arises from bad state policy”
Why can’t people support their own children anymore?
By Chris Powell Government, the French economist and parliamentarian Frederic Bastiat wrote two centuries ago, is the great fiction by which everybody tries to live at the expense of everybody else. Though there wasn’t much of a “social safety net” back then, Bastiat was correct about human selfishness and desire for power and privilege. Bastiat’sContinue reading “Why can’t people support their own children anymore?”
The parade of dependence slogs through the state Capitol
By Chris Powell Hearings of General Assembly committees long have been largely matters of special pleading, but increasingly they are the setting for an endless parade of people, most of them able-bodied, who say they are unable to take care of themselves and their families and need more subsidies from state government — for medicalContinue reading “The parade of dependence slogs through the state Capitol”
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