Tag Archives: Poverty in America

John Stossel: ‘Freeloaders: Panhandling’

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Ederik Schneider

Source:John Stossel– playing a panhandler. “TBT​ to my day as a panhandler… From John Stossel There are plenty of mentally impaired and incompetent people who live on the streets, because either their mental institution gave up on them, or didn’t have … Continue reading →

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Liberty Pen: John Stossel: Starr Parker, ‘The Lie of The Left’: Give Me a Break!

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

Liberty Pen: John Stossel: Starr Parker, 'The Life of The Left': Give Me a Break! “The Lie of The Left”, not sure which Left Starr Parker is referring to. Because it is a very large political faction of people in … Continue reading →

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The Baseline Scenario: Opinion- James Kwak- Friedrich Hayek Supported a Guaranteed Minimum Income

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus Friedrich Hayek, supported the Guaranteed Minimum Income and Milton Friedman supported the Negative Income Tax. Good for them and the libertarian movement, because it shows that perhaps the least politically … Continue reading →

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The Week: Opinion- Jeff Spross: ‘President Obama’s Middle-Out Economics is Good, Bottom-Up Economics is Better’

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

  Source: The New Democrat Plus I have several questions that I would ask Jeff Spross. Which is why can’t you do both? Why can’t you have policies that improve the middle class in America so their wages go up and … Continue reading →

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The Week: Opinion: Jeff Spross: “Three Reasons Why Work Requirements For Food Stamps Are a Bad Idea”: Why We Should Encourage Economic Independence Over Government Dependence

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

The Week: Opinion: Jeff Spross: Three Reasons Why Work Requirements For Food Stamps Are a Bad Idea This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on WordPress Here’s a big area where the Democratic Party disagrees. Where the Center-Left … Continue reading →

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Reason: Catherine Manu-Ward- Interviewing Campbell Brown: ‘On Her Fight To Get Lousy Teachers Fired’

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

Source:Reason Magazine– Former NBC News corespondent and CNN anchor Campbell Brown: on education reform in New York City Source:The New Democrat “Oral arguments are scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Wright v. New York, a lawsuit filed in New York … Continue reading →

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The Week: Opinion- Shikha Dalmia- Affirmative Action is Doomed: Here’s What Progressives Can do About it

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Pro-Affirmative Action Rally Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat The rhetoric of affirmative action is running out of steam.  The real Roosevelt (Franklin and Theodore) and LBJ Progressives need to step up to the plate and say “We … Continue reading →

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Liberty Pen: Video: Walter E Williams: The Many Welfare State Beneficiaries

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger It depends on how you define welfare and who it is supposed to be for. That is who should benefit from welfare and those programs. But generally speaking … Continue reading →

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Commonsense Capitalism: Video: PBS NewsHour: U.S Representative Charles Rangel Debate Dr. Walter Williams on The Minimum Wage

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Sounds to me that whatever spin that Common Sense Capitalism wants to give it, that Representative Rangel was arguing not only in favor of the minimum wage, but … Continue reading →

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Lew Rockwell: Blog: Ron Paul: Learn a Little Economics

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Lew Rockwell: Blog: Ron Paul: Learn a Little Economics This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger If you are talking about raising the minimum wage from $7.25 and hour to 10-12 dollars an hour without any … Continue reading →

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