If there is one thing politicians must hate about the information age, it’s that their gaffes live on in infamy. Here are 10 examples where elected leaders made us all cringe and shudder in disbelief. 1. Senator John Kerry: “You know, education, if you make the most of it...
1. Korea Once a united peninsula and people, the Koreans were split apart by the polarizing effects of Communism which were imported from the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. After World War II ended, the Soviet Army advanced into Korea and left troops in the North. Kim Il-Sung, consid...
1. Profumo Affair Politics and extra-marital affairs are familiar bedfellows. However, when you’re the Secretary of State for War and your mistress is the girlfriend of an intelligence officer of your country’s primary adversary, it makes things worse. That’s exactly what happened to ...
1. Liquidate Unused Property The Federal Government owns more than 77,000 buildings which are currently not being used. Some of them have even been condemned. These properties should be sold at auction or simply bulldozed if they are unsuitable for sale. Basic upkeep on these building...
Bailout? More like throwing money into sinking ships Repayments from institutions which received federal funds during the bailouts of 2008 and 2009 have lessened the total of the programs cost to taxpayers. In total the federal government injected cash into more than 700 institutions....
A free market is a continuous process that cannot be held still, an upward process that demands the best (the most rational) of every man and rewards him accordingly.