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Tibor R. Machan In most eras of human history around the globe people worried about the power of governments, although for a long time little could be done since power was deemed the source of authority. You had power, you got the authority, never mind if you were right, just,... Read more →
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Rick Lowe Another of my favourite singer/songwriters is Al Stewart. I'm sure you remember his Year of the cat? Charlotte Corday is a song from his 1993 release, Famous Last Words. Read what Wikipedia says about Charlotte Corday here... Visit his web site here... and buy a couple of his... Read more →
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Rick Lowe It has hit home to me recently that each bank here has a different requirement for the identification a client has to present when doing business with them. Most of them get copies of your passport, National Insurance card and a utility bill when opening an account. Then... Read more →
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An interesting Article by Peter Schiff, and most fitting given the potential expansion of Government in The Bahamas: During the 1990s, inflationary Federal Reserve policy fueled a tech stock bubble. When that bubble burst, the Fed inflated a larger one in real estate. Now that the real estate bubble has... Read more →
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Rick Lowe The Tribune reported yesterday (April 20, 2010) that Dr. Bernard Nottage, PLP MP for Bain and Grants Town told parliament that "Society is in crisis as "far too many Bahamians" leave school without the necessary skills either to join the workforce or go on to further education." Of... Read more →
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Tibor R. Machan In the Sunday, April 18, 2010 New York Times article "Doing Fine, but Angry Nonetheless," the author, Kate Zernike, discusses a poll done by The Times and CBS News on Tea Party members. The gist of the findings is that the members are reasonably well off folks,... Read more →
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by Jerome Pinder The Tribune's Headline on Saturday April 17th read "Alleged home invader turned in by mother." This individual is alleged to have been involved in a number of home invasions in the eastern area of the island. His mother is to be commended for her brave actions in... Read more →
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Rick Lowe Because a picture paints a thousand words I've attempted to look at this post a little differently with the use of a graph showing the results of public finances from 2003 through 2008. We can see that, as revenue has consistently risen over the period, expenditures have increased... Read more →
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