Author Archives: Alton Drew
Janet Yellen’s real girl power and anarcho-capitalist life boats
The leaders of your country are making moves on behalf of their constituents. Don’t get excited. By now you should know I’m not talking about the verbose blow-fart sitting in a cushy chair in some government office suite. I’m talking … Continue reading
What the GOP has wrong about taxation
This week’s print edition of The Atlanta Voice provides two Associated Press stories discussing the Democratic Party’s fifty-state strategy and the GOP’s about face on fiscal responsibility. In one article, the Democrats’ “Resistance Summer” is designed to organize and expand … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Donald Trump, Economy, GOP, government, taxes
Tagged Democrats, Republicans, taxes
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Making Medicaid, SNAP lower priorities is an opportunity for communities
Last night, The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration would seek cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Medicaid, a joint federal and state program, provides financial assistance to low-income medical services consumers while SNAP is known … Continue reading
Posted in Anarcho Capitalist, Budget, Donald Trump, health care, healthcare, libertarian, libertarianism, liberty, Political Economy, statism
Tagged food stamps, Medicaid, SNAP, Trump
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The anarcho-capitalist perspective on net neutrality. Keep the State out
Today the Federal Communications Commission voted on a notice of proposed rule making that repeals net neutrality rules put in place by the Commission in 2015. The rules classified broadband access services as a telecommunications service, taking it out of … Continue reading
Posted in American society, AT&T, broadband, broadband access provider, capital, Congressional Black Caucus, consumer protection, democracy, Federal Communications Commission, free markets, Google, government, Internet, net neutrality, regulation, Title II, Uncategorized, Verizon
Tagged Federal Communications Commission, net neutrality
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Of bondholders and tax farmers …
No bondholder wants less taxes collected. They want more taxes collected as a result of increased output per worker, entrepreneur, or corporation. The more people included in the workforce and the more capital made available to workers, the greater the … Continue reading
Posted in bondholders, Political Economy, social welfare, statism, taxes
Tagged bondholders, bonds, taxes, yield curve
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#Liberals show naivete about the internet
In an opinion piece published last week in The Washington Post, Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, and former Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler made the argument that planned attempts by current FCC … Continue reading
Posted in broadband, Democrats, Internet, Uncategorized
Tagged broadband, Democrats, Internet
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Minorities should seek a bigger slice of the new media pie … as investors and owners
The digital divide argument, that there is a disparity between non-whites and whites when it comes to broadband access, is losing its mojo for me. While broadband access for minority households via hard line may fall behind that of white … Continue reading
Posted in big data, broadband, business, commerce, e-commerce, Economy, Internet, libertarianism, media, Uncategorized
Tagged media, minorities
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Public comment on health care law is chimp noise… #healthcare
I will not comment on the bill passed yesterday by the U.S. House of Representatives that continues financial support and regulation of the health insurance market. I will not comment because, like most of the representatives and almost everyone on … Continue reading
A good political chuckle …
I am sometimes amused when some people refer to me as a conservative and a few others refer to me as a liberal when I assess the current state of American political affairs. I am neither for I stopped being … Continue reading
Posted in culture, democracy, government, Political Economy
Tagged conservative, liberal, political systems
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Random thoughts on value of college degree
About 20 years ago I noticed a trend in Florida state government where secretaries were going back to school to get their BS degrees. They had gone from secretaries to administrative assistants seemingly overnight as the demands of their positions … Continue reading
