Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
The problem is *not* that Nevada miners pay too little taxes. It's that Nevada government SPENDS too much money. If we had small government in this state, we could abolish mining taxes,
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Deregulate NOW!
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Abolish insurance taxes and regulations. It drives up the cost of insurance. Abolish state insurance departments and bureaucracies. They're sinecures for friends of politicians. They drive up the cost of insurance. Abolish medical licensing laws. They create a guild for medical services, which drives up the cost of health care and the insurance premiums necessary to pay the bills. Abolish drug prohibition, the FDA, etc. Such government policies only drive up the cost of medications and the insurance premiums necessary to pay the bills.
What do the Democrats offer us? MORE regulations. MORE bureaucrats. MORE red tape. The Republicans rightly criticize them for that. They propose to fix things with MORE regulations. MORE bureaucrats, and MORE red tape. Nice to know we can count on them to provide opposition.
Abolish insurance taxes and regulations. It drives up the cost of insurance. Abolish state insurance departments and bureaucracies. They're sinecures for friends of politicians. They drive up the cost of insurance. Abolish medical licensing laws. They create a guild for medical services, which drives up the cost of health care and the insurance premiums necessary to pay the bills. Abolish drug prohibition, the FDA, etc. Such government policies only drive up the cost of medications and the insurance premiums necessary to pay the bills.
What do the Democrats offer us? MORE regulations. MORE bureaucrats. MORE red tape. The Republicans rightly criticize them for that. They propose to fix things with MORE regulations. MORE bureaucrats, and MORE red tape. Nice to know we can count on them to provide opposition.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Shame on UNLV Football
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
I just took a quick look at what the football upperclassmen are majoring in. I see that University Studies (ie "jockology") is still popular. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, but I haven't yet found any serious students on the team. Where is the roster for the water boys and marching band?
I just took a quick look at what the football upperclassmen are majoring in. I see that University Studies (ie "jockology") is still popular. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, but I haven't yet found any serious students on the team. Where is the roster for the water boys and marching band?
UNLV Research Still Adds Up to Fluff
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
[John Mercer is] a big shot researcher over at UNLV, the associate dean at the School of Allied Health Sciences.
Big shot?! What a complete puff-piece. For every pseudo-researcher like Mercer there are dozens of complete clowns like Dina Titus, Horsefurd's wife, administrators etc running around.
I just took a glimpse at some of Mercer's academic "research". Hmm. They might pass as Senior theses at San Diego State, but they're not serious science. Mercer is just another ridiculously overpaid bureaucrat Administrator. Kinesiology is just a euphamism for "jockology", like calling garbage collection "sanitation engineering". The Kinesiology department only exists to provide academic cover to dunderheads who can't hack it as basketweaving majors. It should be eliminated.
Grant funding? Who the heck is writing the checks? If it's NIKE, they should just bring the research in-house. The federal government has NO constitutional authority to sponsor this kind of research.
The original University of Nevada (now UNR) was chartered to provide practical instruction in fields relevant to our State, specifically Mining, Agriculture, and Engineering. Biomechanics of Running might qualify as engineering, but it's general relevance to Nevada is quite dubious. But that's what happens when the Legislature creates political institutions like UNLV.
[John Mercer is] a big shot researcher over at UNLV, the associate dean at the School of Allied Health Sciences.
Big shot?! What a complete puff-piece. For every pseudo-researcher like Mercer there are dozens of complete clowns like Dina Titus, Horsefurd's wife, administrators etc running around.
I just took a glimpse at some of Mercer's academic "research". Hmm. They might pass as Senior theses at San Diego State, but they're not serious science. Mercer is just another ridiculously overpaid bureaucrat Administrator. Kinesiology is just a euphamism for "jockology", like calling garbage collection "sanitation engineering". The Kinesiology department only exists to provide academic cover to dunderheads who can't hack it as basketweaving majors. It should be eliminated.
Grant funding? Who the heck is writing the checks? If it's NIKE, they should just bring the research in-house. The federal government has NO constitutional authority to sponsor this kind of research.
The original University of Nevada (now UNR) was chartered to provide practical instruction in fields relevant to our State, specifically Mining, Agriculture, and Engineering. Biomechanics of Running might qualify as engineering, but it's general relevance to Nevada is quite dubious. But that's what happens when the Legislature creates political institutions like UNLV.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Six Hour+ School Day
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Maybe 1-2 hours of the school day can be used for instruction. The rest is DAYCARE. We don't need more public daycare facilities. Anyone who has spent time around kids knows it's a struggle to keep them confined for any length of time. It takes a Disneyland to keep most kids engaged (even with sugary snacks and loud distractions) until they're physically unable to stand any longer. CCSD imprisons kids for 6+ hours per day, and expects them to learn ... what?
Maybe 1-2 hours of the school day can be used for instruction. The rest is DAYCARE. We don't need more public daycare facilities. Anyone who has spent time around kids knows it's a struggle to keep them confined for any length of time. It takes a Disneyland to keep most kids engaged (even with sugary snacks and loud distractions) until they're physically unable to stand any longer. CCSD imprisons kids for 6+ hours per day, and expects them to learn ... what?
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Minor League Baseball. Major League RIPOFF!
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Reno [Aces play in a] new $50 million downtown facility with skyboxes and lavish suites and beautiful picnic areas
I wouldn't go see those corporate welfare queens. As the article points out, that new Reno stadium is being paid for by a special tax on auto rentals. The team is owned by a bunch of rich NY bankers. Why don't those Wall St thugs pay for it with their own money? Likewise, the article points out that LV's car rental tax is going toward construction of that new performing arts center downtown. BOYCOTT THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC.
My favorite local team is the Wranglers. They don't cost taxpayers a cent. They play in a private arena. They pay market rent. They don't have to award taxpayer-funded scholarships to get young men to play for them. They pay attractive salaries. Fans have to pay entertainment tax on the price of admission. The Wranglers are tax PRODUCERS.
The 51's are typical of major league baseball teams: tax CONSUMERS. Boycott them. Let them move to NYC where the lumpen taxpayers are forced to cough up BILLIONS to prevent super rich professional sports teams from moving to NJ.
Reno [Aces play in a] new $50 million downtown facility with skyboxes and lavish suites and beautiful picnic areas
I wouldn't go see those corporate welfare queens. As the article points out, that new Reno stadium is being paid for by a special tax on auto rentals. The team is owned by a bunch of rich NY bankers. Why don't those Wall St thugs pay for it with their own money? Likewise, the article points out that LV's car rental tax is going toward construction of that new performing arts center downtown. BOYCOTT THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC.
My favorite local team is the Wranglers. They don't cost taxpayers a cent. They play in a private arena. They pay market rent. They don't have to award taxpayer-funded scholarships to get young men to play for them. They pay attractive salaries. Fans have to pay entertainment tax on the price of admission. The Wranglers are tax PRODUCERS.
The 51's are typical of major league baseball teams: tax CONSUMERS. Boycott them. Let them move to NYC where the lumpen taxpayers are forced to cough up BILLIONS to prevent super rich professional sports teams from moving to NJ.
Rulffes Wins Superintendent of the Year
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
.. according to the Nevada Association of School Administrators.
The award recognizes failure.
.. according to the Nevada Association of School Administrators.
The award recognizes failure.
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