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ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part II): Small, but Not Minimal, Government Is Best

Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In Part I of this series, I argued that a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in one’s decision-making … Continue reading →

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ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part I): Data-Driven Decision-Making Produces Pragmatic Public Policy

Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Since starting this blog almost ten months ago, I intended to post this site’s guiding principles. Yet ten months into this experiment, I still haven’t done so. So without further ado, here is the first of seven principles that embody the philosophies underlying Reflections … Continue reading →

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Americans Distrust Government, Disapprove of Congress

Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

A recent New York Times/CBS News poll shows that 89 percent of Americans surveyed distrust government to do the right thing, and that 84 percent disapprove of Congress. Interestingly, only 46 percent disapprove of President Obama’s job performance, a potential … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Unions | Tagged Decision 2012, Democrats, Jobs, Jobs Bill, Polls, President Obama, Republicans | 11 Comments

Political Orientation Poll

Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

It’s been nearly ten months since I started this blog, and I wanted to get a sense for what type of audience I have. My hypothesis is that most readers are in the moderate range (both liberal and conservative), but … Continue reading →

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Who Are the One Percent?

Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

As the Occupiers are busy sharpening their pitchforks for their next reenactment of Children of the Corn, I thought it might be instructive to share a nice little tool from the Wall Street Journal. The tool allows you to enter … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Finance and Economics, Humor, Media, Politics, Socialism | Tagged Children of the Corn, Democrats, Liberals, Occupy Wall Street, One-Percenters, OWS, President Obama, Progressives, Republicans, Wall Street Journal | 15 Comments

Who Are the Occupiers?

Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Aaron Rutkoff at the Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday summarizing a scientific poll of the protestors. The results are relatively unsurprising as they reveal that the plurality of the protestors are young and supportive of left-wing causes. They are also disproportionately un- or … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Finance and Economics, Humor, Media, Politics, Socialism | Tagged Democrats, Liberals, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, President Obama, Progressives, Republicans | 26 Comments

A Proposal for a More Rational Jobs Bill

Posted on Saturday, October 8, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Senate Democrats are backpedaling from the President’s proposed jobs bill, because they rightly realize that its impact will fall primarily on middle class families living in higher-cost-of-living blue states. New York Senator Chuck Schumer noted, “In the eyes of many, it … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Leadership, Policy, Politics, Taxes | Tagged C. Fred Bergsten, China, Currency manipulation, Democrats, Middle class, Payroll tax deduction, President Obama, Repatriation tax holidary, Republicans, Senator Chuck Schumer, Stimulus, Tax holiday, The New York Times | 17 Comments

My Occupy Wall Street Demands

Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“These demands will create so many jobs it will be completely impossible to fill them without an open borders policy.” — Lloyd J. Hart, precocious and Jefferson-esque author of Occupy Wall Street Demands I recently discovered this list of demands from an … Continue reading →

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Rick Perry’s Republican Class Warfare

Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“As the son of tenant farmers, I can promise you I wasn’t born with four aces in my hand.” – Governor Rick Perry to Iowa GOP activists, not-so-subtly referencing Mitt Romney’s claim that Texas’ success had more to do with low taxes … Continue reading →

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Posted in Leadership, Media, Politics, Texas | Tagged Class warfare, Decision 2012, Democrats, Mitt Romney, President Obama, Republicans, rick perry | 2 Comments

Proving Obama Is a Failed President

Posted on Monday, August 29, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Last week, Jonathan Alter at Bloomberg posed a tantalizing question: “you think Obama’s been a bad president? Prove it.” More specifically, he issues the following challenge to Obama-doubters: “Your mission, Jim (and readers named something else), should you decide to … Continue reading →