Gov't Incompetence Archives - The Libertarian Republic

America’s Achilles Heel: Our Debt Catastrophe 0
- Economics of Liberty, Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, Political Opinion
- June 17, 2019
Our economy is strong, but so is the possibility that it may have an Achilles heel—the national debt. That was the consensus of participants in a recent panel discussion at The Heritage Foundation. The unmatched power and recently strong economic growth of the United States masks a dangerous hazard that could lead to our collective downfall,
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What Happens When Everyone Gets a ‘Free’ Lunch? Money Problems 0
- Education, Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, Political Opinion
- June 10, 2019
A yogurt company, Chobani, has picked up the tab for unpaid school lunches in a Rhode Island school district. That’s a relief to the school district, but not one likely to be replicated elsewhere. A new report finds that it would take a whole lot of dairy to fix the waste and misspent money in federal school meal programs
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The History and Results of our Disastrous Public School System, Part II 0
- Education, Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, Political Opinion
- May 28, 2019
There is a popular saying that “the proof is in the pudding.” In the first part of this article set, my colleague Mike Margeson spelled out the historical roots of the American schooling system. He clearly laid out the blueprint that men like Horace Mann used to build a system that does anything but “educates.”
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Does the State Care More About Tax Evasion than Murder?0
- Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, Political Opinion
- May 24, 2019
By Lee Friday Rape and murder are violent acts. Ordinary citizens consider these to be far more serious offenses than acts of theft. Accordingly, as we allocate limited resources to solving all offenses, our expectation is that rape and murder will be given top priority. However, the actions of politicians and bureaucrats appear to reflect
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The History and Results of America’s Disastrous Public School System, Part I 0
- Education, Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, Political Opinion
- May 14, 2019
While it’s almost universally understood that the American school system is underperforming, “reform,” too, is almost universally prescribed as the solution. Yet in other walks of life, bad ideas are not reformed—they are eliminated and replaced with better ones. Our school system is rarely identified as a bad idea. The system is reflexively left alone
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After 18 Years And Over 2,000 Soldiers Killed, US Stops Counting Land Lost To Taliban 0
- Foreign Policy, Front Page, Gov't Incompetence, War & Peace
- May 1, 2019
Grace Carr Republish Reprint The U.S. military is no longer measuring and recording the amount of land its forces have lost and gained in Afghanistan, according to a Tuesday report regarding military progress in the conflict. Measurements of how much land, including districts and the number of people in those districts, insurgent forces control in
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