Category Archives: Spending

Service should be required to receive government money

Posted on August 23, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY

There is no better way to improve the vision of your own life than to help someone whose life is worse than yours. Continue reading →

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When it comes to government, size does matter

Posted on August 10, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY

It is very simple: the government is too big. In order to balance the budget and keep it balanced over the long term and continue paying the billions of dollars each year needed to service the debt and actually reduce it, you must reduce the size of government. Continue reading →

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Taxes cause bottleneck in Port of San Juan

Posted on August 6, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY

The bottleneck at the Port of San Juan has one cause: government.  The Commonwealth’s attempt to tax anything that moves (and tax it more than once) has driven up prices, encouraged evasion and now left food and other materials on … Continue reading →

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Argentina, another country for PR NOT to emulate

Posted on July 30, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY

In political debate, looking to what other countries do is often used as a way of promoting a new idea or another.  It is also used to explain why a certain policy or system should not be used.  Case in … Continue reading →

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