by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The usual liberal complaint against the conservative opposition to higher income taxes is greed and the better-offs’ self-serving reluctance to pay their “fair share.” Continue reading “Why Not Pay Higher Taxes?”
Tag: Middle Class
The Fannie and Freddie University
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
It’s More than Just PC
The traditionalist critique of the university — I made it myself over thirteen years ago in the co-authored Who Killed Homer? — was that somewhere around the time of the Vietnam War, higher education changed radically for the worse. Continue reading “The Fannie and Freddie University”
Railing Against Reality
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Last week, protests broke out again in Europe, from Rome to London. The monthlong Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York have spread. The current unrest follows this summer’s riots in London and flash mob incidents in US cities. Continue reading “Railing Against Reality”
The Tragic View Returns
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In hard times, as in war, questions arise that were once considered taboo. As we approach $15 trillion run up in aggregate national debt, and confront the reality of a welfare state that is predicated on flawed assumptions about everything from demography to human nature, a rendezvous with brutal reality is now upon us. Continue reading “The Tragic View Returns”
Behind the DC Slugfest
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
About 50 percent of taxpayers don’t pay federal income taxes. Almost half of American adults receive either the majority of or all of their income in some form from government. Continue reading “Behind the DC Slugfest”
Green, Shovel-Ready Stimulus–100 Years Ago
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Huntington Lake, Calif. — Our politicians love soaring platitudes followed by little, if any, action. Continue reading “Green, Shovel-Ready Stimulus–100 Years Ago”
The Manhattan Project of Illegal Immigration
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Why do millions of Mexican nationals see America as racist, exploitative — and worth everything to get to and stay in? Continue reading “The Manhattan Project of Illegal Immigration”