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The Economic Theory For Taking Your Stuff
They call it a wealth tax – and to go further in, my email included a sub-stack article by Veronique de Rugy, that explains the idea came from three French economists before reaching Sacramento and becoming law in California. She’s a researcher at George Mason University, and seems to have a far better understanding of this topic than I. She described the work that they have done with Berkley economists: ” This particular paper is a response to the Hoover Institution’s Joshua Rauh and coauthors showing that earlier revenue projections by Saez for the wealth tax are, well, bunk. It’s worth noting that…
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In a healthy Montana marriage, the wife not just accepts the existence of the ‘Gun Fairy’, but agrees that new firearms in the gun safe are because the ‘Gun Fairy’ actually visits her home.
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Today I encountered the abbreviation OWL – which, until this morning, I thought was a night flying predatory bird. Instead, I learned that, when it’s all in caps, it stands for Older, Wiser, Libertarian. I think I’m an OWL. Then there’s the AWFL – Affluent, White, Female, Liberal. An AWFUL is an Affluent, White, Female,…
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I was reading an article that described the death of empires – and the author, writing as Yuri Bezmenov – included these charts describing the changed demographics of the US between 1976 and 2026: Yuri’s sub-stack is by subscription – but he does have a free subscription offer, and it’s worth your time to read.…
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Belfast, if you’re weak in Geography, is the capital of Northern Ireland – where six Irish counties remain part of the United Kingdom. About 40% of Northern Ireland is Catholic, and about 30% are Protestant. While Northern Ireland has no standing army of its own, it takes little time for a Provisional Army or two…
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We started the Mountain Ear (both times) because we wanted better coverage of local news. There are so many board meetings, and all of them are important. The Tobacco Valley News faces the same problem we do- not enough people and too many meetings, and their focus is on a larger area. So we started…
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An emergency meeting of the Trego school board was called again on May 4 at 4 PM to update the community on the methamphetamine contamination of the school grounds.. Although the meeting was poorly noticed, there were nearly 40 community members in attendance, these included parents, teachers, former students and teachers and interested community members.…
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Earlier this week, a meeting was held to formalize the existing long-term relationship between the TFS Community Hall and the TFS Fire Department. Tables were set to form a circle, and the meeting began with introductions. It was a joint meeting meant to prevent future problems, without any reason to expect them. The issue: an…
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An emergency school board meeting was held at the TFS Community Hall, Saturday at noon (which coincidentally is the time the Rendezvous Parade in Eureka began). The board acknowledged that they failed to provide adequate (48 hours notice) on the meeting, and cited the requisite MCA code allowing it in the event of an unforseen…
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When I went to get some repair work done, the person I was consulting advised fixing the structural issues and then putting the same ancient dilapidated siding back on the building. The rational? Property taxes. Last summer, we joked about how much the nice flowers my mother had on their porch raised their taxes. They…
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I spent most of a year away from the school after I finished my term. I attended a couple of board meetings because I was asked – on one hand, there was, at the least, the appearance of an unlawful board meeting . . . unlawful because it appeared to violate Montana’s open meeting law.…
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Historically, independent voters, and voters for minor third parties, do not get a large percentage of votes. Often, they’re considered “spoiler” candidates, who lose the election for someone by dra4wing critical support away during a close race. Or their thought of as simply “protest candidates” with no chance of winning. In Montana, for the presidential…
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Not many years ago, if you were faced with a cluster of unacceptable clowns on your ballot, you could write a name in and cast a protest vote. Hell, I guess you still can – the thing is, your write-in protest vote won’t be counted or reported. With the elimination of subsection 7 last year,…