All Jobs Are Not Created Equal

All jobs are not created equal. This isn’t a snobbish comment meant to glorify executives while looking down on workers or that one type of industry is better than the others. Instead, it’s a statement about the difference between private sector and public sector jobs. Private sector jobs add productivity to the economy, while the public sector exists by taking away those gains through taxation. The public sector is dependent on the private sector for its existence.

The California Bullet Train Is a Good Lesson in Political Deception

This week, my wife and I have traveled Amtrak’s route to and from Bakersfield, California, with the Amtrak line running down the state’s Central Valley past cities like Fresno and Modesto. As our train sped down the tracks at speeds of up to 83 mph, we could see construction of the much-hyped boondoggle known simply as the California Bullet Train.

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Donald Trump Is No Grover Cleveland

Beginning with George Washington, who took the oath of office for the first time in 1789, a total of 45 men have held the title of president of the United States of America. Less than half of them were elected to a second term: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.