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Federal Spending For Education
One of the evidences that our society has become more materialistic than idealistic is the general presumption that all problems can be solved by spending more money. Nowhere is this delusion so rampant as in the field of education. Between 1961 and … [Read more...] about Federal Spending For Education
TESTING MINUTEMEN
For years, the appeasement-minded Senators have been assuring us that the Soviets will never fire their nuclear missiles at us because the United States has sufficient missiles to retaliate and destroy theSoviet Union. The plain fact is, however, … [Read more...] about TESTING MINUTEMEN
SOLVING THE OIL CRISIS
History is full of examples of how government controls of various kinds create shortages of economic goods. There simply is no way that a government bureaucracy can run an economic system as efficiently as the free market. Russia was a … [Read more...] about SOLVING THE OIL CRISIS
GASOLINE RATIONING
Interior Secretary Rogers Morton recently announced that the odds are 50-50 that the United States will have gasoline rationing by the first of the year. President Nixon said we must cut our driving speeds to 50 miles per hour, join carpools, and … [Read more...] about GASOLINE RATIONING
THE PRESIDENT’S CREDIBILITY
James Reston, a leading voice on the NEW YORK TIMES, has just quoted with approval a statement in the WALL STREET JOURNAL that President Richard Nixon's "misfortune is that his words are not widely believed anymore." So what else is new? The only … [Read more...] about THE PRESIDENT’S CREDIBILITY
BUSINESS GIFTS TO COLLEGES
“Don't bite the hand that feeds you" is an old aphorism that most people abide by except colleges and universities. I’ve been waiting for years for some courageous soul to object to the way universities not only bite, but chew up the businessmen who … [Read more...] about BUSINESS GIFTS TO COLLEGES
COSTS OF DEVALUATION
Is our money system operated for the "benefit of foreigners rather than Americans? There is plenty of evidence to indicate this when we consider the continuing costs of President Nixon’s two devaluations of the dollar. It is not just that prices are … [Read more...] about COSTS OF DEVALUATION
TAX REDUCTION
The expression "what goes up must come down" applies to many things on this earth, but the taxing power of government seems to be one institution which defies the law of gravity. Taxes go up and up, regardless of political party or economic … [Read more...] about TAX REDUCTION
AVOIDING INCOME TAXES
The Spiro Agnew affair has caused shock waves among his friends who never guessed he could be guilty, and also among his enemies who think he was let off too easy. Actually, however, Agnew is not the first high Government official, nor even the … [Read more...] about AVOIDING INCOME TAXES
