Newspaper Op-eds by Chuck Kelly

Economic absurdities that
Democrats must expose:

...because it's wrong to penalize success and hard work.

...therefore, we should eliminate the capital gains tax.

...After all, they came from, and understand, business.

...even though it is based on pitting the worlds' workers against each other.

...union bosses are only out for themselves.

...and the more the rich have, the more will trickle down to everyone else.

...Democrats are communists, or at least, socialists at heart.

...so when we tax wealthy investors, we lose jobs.

...so investors, not workers, create wealth.

...so we should give them all the tax breaks possible.

...Democrats just want to tax and spend today.

General Issues:

...check out this 2-minute video.

...It's a mountain, and a terrible defense of globalization.

...for those of Indonesia, Mexico, China and India.

...and how not to do it again.

...and the "crisis" is just a ploy by those who want to destroy it.

...Republicans' most important propaganda technique.

...and get the media on your side

This Site

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, January 22, 2008, For us to thrive, government must ensure the freedoms that count

From the Yancey Common Times Journal, November 14, 2007, Politics, not "education" created good-paying jobs

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, October 26, 2007, Self-serving free trade practices reason behind stretched paychecks

From the Charlotte Observer, July 23, 2007, Exploding gap in wealth, wages not an accident

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 28, 2007, Government's economic policies deliberately cater to the super-rich

From the Charlotte Observer, August 24, 2006, Why we have government

From the Prescott Daily Courier, April 30, 2006, Today's capitalism favors society's rich

From the Rock Hill Herald, March 18, 2006, "Bias" in beholder's eye

From the Prescott Daily Courier, July 3, 2005, Exploring the two sources of moral standards

From the Charlotte Observer, March 25, 2005, Switch to `hard' management is bad for society

From the Charlotte Observer, December 22, 2004, Who bears risk for Social Security reform?

From the Charlotte Observer, November 7, 2004, I voted for John Kerry, but I'm not miserable

From the Charlotte Observer, April 11, 2004, Who's "out of the loop"?

From the Prescott Daily Courier, July 9, 2004, Working conditions, wages still deteriorating

From the Arizona Republic, March 28, 2004, Outsourcing Helps No Worker

From the Prescott Daily Courier, February 19, 2004, Justification for Iraq war remains scant

From the Charlotte Observer, November 12, 2003, From Country with a Heart to Business without a Soul

From the Charlotte Observer, October 27, 2003, Why are we in Iraq?

From the Charlotte Observer, February 24, 2002, Ethics policies worthless where greed is a virtue

From the Arizona Republic, May 6, 2002, The income gap is no accident

From the Prescott Courier May 15, 2002, Productivity has clear link with technology (Note: the title given by the editor to the column has little to do with the substance of the article.)

 

     

     

     

     

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