John R. Houk

© February 28, 2011

When the…

This article is not about endorsing Sarah Palin for president. It is about illustrating the liberal media's ability to brand an image. Case in point, conservatives saying Palin is not smart enough to be president.

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In a response to my piece entitled, "Taxeaters", a reader who favored progressive income taxation posed this question back to me: why shouldn’t the top 50% of income earners pay 96% of the taxes?



My answer: for the same reason that they shouldn’t have to pick up 96% of the state’s collective bar tab. All knowledge builds upon what you know.



That evening, I pondered his question some more and was inspired while enjoying a pub meal that Michelle Obama would ban if…

Welcome to the second Civil War. This time it is the taxpayers against the taxeaters; the hand versus the cookie jar. The tea party sparked it, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey declared it, and now Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin has fired the first shot.



On one side of the economic Mason/Dixon line are taxpayers, people who send more money to government than they receive from it. On the other is taxeaters, whose ledger balance is reversed. Pick your side, either by…

Here is the education story from Wisconsin this week that really matters: only 39% of eighth graders in the public schools are proficient in math, and only 34% in reading, despite a 65% increase in per-pupil spending over the past decade.



While the attention of the nation is focused on what Wisconsin teachers earn, the question of what they do to earn it has been largely ignored. What they do not do is educate our children.



Spare me the hate mail, teachers, as I…

Some days, this column writes itself. The first two news articles I read this morning were once again about the standoff in Wisconsin between taxpayers and tax-eaters, and I spent most of the commute still shaking my head in disbelief that this is not all a dream.



The first was an article was from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the weekend’s happenings in Madison – "ground zero", as they put it, for the protests against Governor Walker’s plan to avoid thousands of layoffs by…

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Utah Senator Robles holds simultaneous Utah and Mexican Government Offices…

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As you know, the House of Representatives recently voted to approve the Continuing Resolution with the Pence Amendment attached.



This amendment removes all taxpayer funding for abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood.…

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John R. Houk

© February 2011

Industrialization in…