TEA PARTY ECONOMIST

The TEA PARTY ECONOMIST Ron Paul's original staff economist, Dr. Gary North! Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Poll: Obama Falls Behind Republicans on Deficit Issue In a recent poll, 44% of people polled said they prefer the Republican's stand on the deficit. Only 42% preferred Obama. This means that the country remains split. This means that gridlock prevails this month. This means that the Republicans have not yet capitulated on hiking the debt ceiling. They will in May. The present... READ MORE How Americans Can Avoid Capital Gains Taxes Forever They can move to Puerto Rico. That's all there is to it? Yes. Puerto Rico has been a great tax haven for Americans for decades. I had a Puerto Rican official speak at one of my conferences 25 years ago on this. Any firm that employed up to five Puerto Ricans could avoid federal income ... READ MORE My Secret for Getting Things Done I publish a free tip of the week. I have for seven years. People sign up at www.GaryNorth.com. Last Saturday, I sent out this. It was on routines. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * When I wrote my Economic Commentary on ... READ MORE Rich People Live Longer. Leftists Are Shocked. Shocked! Gary North's Reality Check The best way to send a leftist into apoplexy is to show that rich people have some advantage that poor people don't. "Unfair! Unfair! The government must do something about this!" Rich people in the United States have longer life expectancies than poor people do. This information has been available for... READ MORE The World's Greatest Living Economist ... is Thomas Sowell. I first encountered his name in 1967, when I was writing the chapter on Marx's economics in my first book, Marx's Religion of Revolution (1968). Sowell had written an article for the American Economic Review in 1960. I did not know at the time that he had written... READ MORE Free Digitized Newspapers for Historical Research Do we want the federal government to continue to spend millions of dollars to digitize old newspapers? Or do we want this guy to do it for free as a hobby? You decide. ... READ MORE Karzai Says U.S. Is Holding Talks with the Taliban This is called biting the hand that feeds you. Mr. Karzai sees the handwriting on the wall. Obama has said he will withdraw the troops. This means the Taliban will once again run Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai will not. That is because Mr. Karzai will be gone, one way or another: either by plane or by ... READ MORE Government-Subsidized Transportation: More Demand, Reduced Supply In 2012, there were 1.5% more rides on government-subsidized transportation. In response, 80% of all public transportation programs were reduced. This is how government operates at the local level. This information comes from a recent report from the American Public Transport Association. The head of the APTA blames volatile gasoline prices. A 2012 report by... READ MORE Dumb and Dumber: McCain and Graham Attack Rand Paul's Filibuster Worried about an Attorney General who defends the idea that the President has the authority to kill an American citizen with a drone — no trial, just "boom"? Uncertain about whether this involves an invasion of your civil rights? Concerned that the President has the unchallenged and unchallengeable power — if you're dead — to... READ MORE Rev. Jim Wallis's Little White Lies for Jesus Does the end justify the means? Should we fib for Jesus? Are little white lies for the masses OK, if you are pursuing the Social Gospel? Jim Wallis thinks the correct answers are all "yes." He was approached by producers of the big budget History Channel series, The Bible. He is proud of that show. ... READ MORE