Articles By Author John Semmens
Articles by John Semmens
02/19/2007 12:00 AM
One expects the political left to point to income inequality as a defect of our capitalist system. But when President George W. Bush expresses alarm over ...(read more)
07/25/2006 12:00 AM
One of the big arguments for tightening immigration barriers is the fear that immigrants will enlarge the welfare rolls. An example of this fear was recently ...(read more)
06/23/2006 12:00 AM
Dear Editor:
The Chicago City Council's efforts to "make 'big box' retailers toe wage line" [June 22] will have two major effects. First, any attempt ...(read more)
05/25/2006 12:00 AM
Apparently, you can't be in politics today without crusading against price gouging.
Congress is working on legislation making it a crime. Attorneys general ...(read more)
04/01/2006 12:00 AM
09/09/2005 12:00 AM
Congress just passed and President George W. Bush just signed a highway bill that will spend $286 billion over six years on roads and bridges, rail and ...(read more)
09/01/2005 12:00 AM
The Social Security system, also known as Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), was enacted in 1935. In 1940, the first benefit check, for ...(read more)
06/09/2005 12:00 AM
Anyone who knows anything about Social Security knows it is an intergenerational income transfer program. The transfer is from the young to the old. This ...(read more)
06/01/2005 12:00 AM
HEARTLAND IN PRINT
Courier Journal (Kentucky) + others
April 2, 2005
circ. 233,062
Wal-Mart is the world’s largest business. Its $250 billion ...(read more)
06/01/2005 12:00 AM
05/24/2005 12:00 AM
Alexander Hamilton thought the judiciary would be the weakest branch of the federal government established by the U.S. Constitution.
On paper, it looks ...(read more)
04/18/2005 12:00 AM
"Earth Day" (April 22) is a good time to reassess the assumptions that lay beneath our support for environmental protection.
Some observers, including ...(read more)
04/08/2005 12:00 AM
It used to be said that "ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it."
That might have been a reasonable rule of thumb when Moses brought back ...(read more)
01/08/2004 12:00 AM
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12/01/1997 12:00 AM
A report from the Minnesota Department of Transportation concludes that presently available electronic technologies would allow converting all 1,200-1,500 ...(read more)
07/01/1997 12:00 AM
A new report by the U.S. General Accounting Office finds that billions of dollars in subsidies and tax exemptions for alcohol fuels have failed either to ...(read more)
06/01/1997 12:00 AM
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The Senate recently voted to repeal the federally mandated 55 mph speed limit. If the House approves the measure and the president signs it--both of which ...(read more)
