Redistribution of Wealth

WEALTHY FRENCH PUSH FOR EXTRA TAX ON RICH

EUROPE NEWS AUGUST 24, 2011 As Sarkozy Seeks to Plug Holes in Budget, Heirs and CEOs Say in Open Letter That ‘We Feel We Must Contribute’ By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS Liliane Bettencourt, with her daughter Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers in Paris in 2007. PARIS—France’s richest woman, who recently ran into trouble for allegedly evading taxes, said Tuesday she […]

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HOW NOT TO GROW AN ECONOMY

AUGUST 21, 2011, 7:41 P.M. ET A week in the life of the Obama recovery. Financial markets are in turmoil, investors are fleeing to safe havens, and the chances of another recession are rising. This would seem to be a moment when government should be especially careful to do no harm, to talk and walk

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MY RESPONSE TO BUFFETT AND OBAMA

AUGUST 22, 2011 Before you ask for more tax money from me, raise the $2.2 trillion you already collect each year more fairly and spend it more wisely. By HARVEY GOLUBMr. Golub, a former chairman and CEO of American Express, currently serves on the executive committee of the American Enterprise Institute. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: 

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THE SOFT-ON-CRIME ROOTS OF BRITISH DISORDER

AUGUST 16, 2011 In a civilized society people would be allowed to defend themselves with guns, not baseball bats. By JOYCE LEE MALCOLM As wild gangs of youths burned homes, shops and cars and severely beat anyone who tried to stop them last week, English people tried to defend themselves. Their desperation triggered a 5,000%

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WHAT HAPPENED TO OBAMA? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

AUGUST 13, 2011 He is still the same anti-American leftist he was before becoming our president. By NORMAN PODHORETZ It’s open season on President Obama. Which is to say that the usual suspects on the right (among whom I include myself) are increasingly being joined in attacking him by erstwhile worshipers on the left. Even

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A DOWNGRADE AWAKENING

AUGUST 9, 2011 Amid the market wreckage, signs of a political turn. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  The downgrade uproar and even the market turmoil are signs that Americans aren’t about to accept economic decline gracefully. To adapt a famous phrase, a debt crisis is a terrible thing to waste During yesterday’s market meltdown, an old

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