Government Handouts on Townhall

• How Government Handouts Create Life-Sapping Dependency Fri Feb 8
  Daniel J. Mitchell
  Remember Julia, the mythical moocher created by the Obama campaign to show the joys of government dependency? Unfortunately, there are many real-life Julias. ... more
• Battling a Bailout Culture Sat Dec 1
  Ed Feulner
  Some Americans believe in the founding principle that individuals are responsible for their own well-being and will voluntarily aid those in need. ... more
• Crony Capitalism Running Rampant Mon Sep 17
  Bruce Bialosky
  “Government ’help’ to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.” That is what Ayn Rand has to say about government involvement in the world of business, but the full extent of this practice is difficult to nail down. Tad DeHaven of the CATO Institute investigated the situation to determine exactly how deep the problem runs. ... more
• Devious Taxation Wed Apr 25
  Walter E. Williams
  The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation does a yeoman's job of keeping track of how much we're paying in taxes and who's paying what. It turns out that American taxpayers worked this year from Jan. 1 to April 17, 107 days, to earn enough money to pay their federal, state and local tax bills. That statistic requires some clarification, and I ask my readers to help me examine it. ... more
• Go Big or Go Home Fri Feb 3
  Rich Tucker
  To date, it’s been easy to ignore the various “Occupy” movements around the country. Protesters pitched their tents hither and yon (both legally and illegally) but could never explain what, exactly, they were protesting about. ... more
• Accepting 'Help' Only to Find Rights Forfeited Wed Dec 14
  Marybeth Hicks
  Cable’s Home and Garden Television (HGTV) appears to have a new reality show about what happens when the government buys itself the right to tell you what to do. ... more
• 'Food for Thought' Muppet to Teach Subsistance Fri Dec 9
  America
  A "food insecure" puppet pitches government assistance. ... more
• Short-Lived Euphoria in Europe Tue Nov 8
  Mark W. Hendrickson
  Decades of government intervention into economic activity have produced economic distortions, sluggish growth, an unsupportable debt burden, and a rotten financial structure ready to collapse of its own dead weight. In spite of that record, most Europeans want more government. That’s their choice. Like it or not, sooner or later, we reap what we sow. ... more
• Minnesota, no Vikings? Stadium drama stokes fears Fri Nov 4
  AP News
• U.S. Stimulus Loan Creates Jobs Overseas Fri Oct 21
  Finland
  The Stimulus Creates Jobs! ....In Finland...exclusively for those with expensive auto tastes. Taxes well spent? ... more
• Insight: Malaysian PM seen in poll gamble as economy weakens Tue Sep 27
  Reuters News
• Earth to Gov. Perry: True "Heart" Means No Benefits to Illegals Mon Sep 26
  Heidi Harris
  I honestly don’t have a simple solution for teens who are brought here illegally as children, but then again, I’m not running for President. Send them home? Home where? Let them stay? You’re rewarding their parents’ lawbreaking, and encouraging the next wave of parents to do the same. ... more
• Obama's Solyndra-Gate Won't Go Away Tue Sep 6
  John Ransom
  In a preview of what’s likely to become a common occurrence in the Obama energy strategy, a California manufacturer of solar systems that was financed by a half-a-billion loan through the Obama administration announced that it would seek bankruptcy protection. ... more
• Oh, How America Has Changed Tue Aug 16
  Phyllis Schlafly
  USA Today published one of its colorful front pages last week detailing how America has not only grown dramatically in population over the last two decades, but has radically changed ethnically, geographically and culturally. The most costly of the many changes is the fact that having children has become increasingly detached from marriage. ... more
• Obama's War on The Self-Made Man Mon Aug 8
  Lurita Doan
  The idea of the self-made man, the rugged individualist, armed with nothing but a superior work ethic, character, and talent has vanished from Obama’s vision of winning the future. Clearly, the president does not understand that in his bid to bludgeon Republicans into agreeing to additional tax hikes, he was simultaneously signaling his contempt and hostility for the self-made man. ... more
• Democrats Announce New Assault On Small Business Mon May 9
  Lurita Doan
  It's déjà vu all over again. Democrats in congress have re-introduced a small business –jobs bill that has no hope of helping small business. ... more
• Let's Blame Speculators Wed May 4
  Walter E. Williams
  Here's a non-rocket science question: If you expect a reduced harvest of wheat, corn, rice or any other commodity some time in the future, what would be the wise thing to do about your consumption today? ... more
• Obama and Democrats Forsake Lessons of the Past Mon May 2
  Lurita Doan
  One of the worrisome aspects of President Obama’s peculiar brand of leadership is to watch how radically he and most Democrats in Congress have broken with the wisdom of liberal, Democrat leaders of the past. ... more
• Thankful for a Bygone Era and New Dawn Thu Nov 25
  Armstrong Williams
  Many of us consistently ponder and wrack our brains to put in perspective what every Thanksgiving mean to us and our fellow man. ... more

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