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"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."--Winston Churchill

“Living Wage” Laws – The Kiss of Death?     By Theresa Fritz Camoriano     There is no question that minimum wage laws are harmful to low skilled workers.  In the simplest terms, when the price for something goes up, people buy less of it, so raising the price for unskilled labor causes employers to use less unskilled labor, which results in fewer jobs for unskilled workers.  While the few visible unskilled workers who keep their jobs will benefit from the wage increase above the market level, the vast majority of invisible unskilled workers will be harmed, because employers cannot afford to hire them at the higher prices. (Click to Read More)

Dowsing Legislation     By George Baumler     Lately, proposals have had amendments attached to them that the authors claim to have had no knowledge of, in both the Louisville Metro Council and the Kentucky State House.  Taxpayers, who pay good money, have a right to expect their elected representatives to actually know what is in a bill or proposed ordinance before voting on it.  Ignorance of the law is said to be no excuse, perhaps except when it comes to those actually drafting and voting on the laws and regulations under which the rest of us are supposed to live.  (Click to Read More)

The Truth About Election Laws     By Richard Lewis     When our country began, businessmen were arguing their businesses should be entitled to the same rights as people. However, today, people are arguing they should be entitled to the same rights as businesses! Few citizens know that this argument is now before the U.S. Supreme court, because the commercial press that enjoys the only "unrestricted free press rights" will not report this story!  (Click to Read More)

Cutting the Education Budget – Or Where’s The Fudge Ripple?     By Kathy Lyons     (I'm tired of public servants who seek to be my Master.)  Is there money in the education budget that can be cut without actual loss of academic instruction for students?  The piece I've copied below suggested that there just might be some funds out there that could be re-routed from teacher re-education back to the students it was designed to serve.  (Click to Read More)

Monkeys and Scorpions      By Claude Bohn     Well, the verdict is in, and it’s official! Kentucky state representative, Joe Barrows, D-Versailles [wonder if he’s any relation to Clyde?], made “monkeys” out of the entire Kentucky legislature (according to Rep. Harry Moberly of Richmond), by sneaking in an amendment to the budget bill which would have allotted 1.4 million dollars to the remodeling of Rupp arena, and has survived, retaining his position as majority whip, while merely being denied any further direct involvement in the budget process – this year.  (Click to Read More)

Parent Reform: The Next Movement In Public Education?      Greg Moo, Ph.D.     Lebanon sure isn't Lake Wobegon where, as Garrison Keillor tells it, all the children are above average.  Heck, this Lebanon, Pennsylvania school district is apparently so troubled by children, it's decided to evaluate parents.  Or at least that could be the way of things come next fall.  (Click to Read More)

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