Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” – 52 years on
Ronald Reagan’s speech supporting Sen. Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign still speaks to us. “A time for choosing” may be from another, more polite era of political discourse but its themes of deficits, taxes, liberty, security and leadership are more pressing than ever....
Office of National Statistics: TV Licence listed as an “indirect tax”…
Some of my friends object to my characterisation of the TV Licence — required by law to watch TV programmes “live” as “they are broadcast” in the UK — as a tax. Well, the Office of National Statistics apparently shares my view: that the TV Licence is, indeed, a tax....
Scottish Independence: A “Yes” vote threatens Celtic Welfare Socialism
According to Scottish Labour and the Better Together campaign, everyone north of the border gets around £1,200 per year in welfare transfers and extra public spending compared to the rest of those living in the UK—and it’s all funded by those living south of the border… In a speech...