Links for 5–24-25
too bad spending’s still out of control
📌 How does the national debt affect you? A budget expert explains. From: Eric Boehm/Reason. Higher debt means lower wages, higher interest rates, and fewer opportunities, says Romina Boccia of the Cato Institute.
Two cheers on passing the tax bill — too bad spending’s still out of control. From: NY Post Editorial Board. This was a vital win for Trump’s agenda. That said, we can’t help but mourn the missed opportunity to truly cut federal spending.
🎯 John Stossel: School choice. From: Creators. Now that Texas and South Carolina have passed school choice bills, parents will be able to choose the best school for their kids in 17 states. Why not all states?
Our schools teach our kids to love socialism. Let's teach them liberty. From: Joe Lonsdale. The Cicero Institute, the Reagan Foundation, and the State of Texas are fighting communist encroachment.
🚩 'Globalize the Intifada' and the evils of left-wing political violence. From: Josh Hammer/Newsweek. A committed Marxist's cold-blooded murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. was the natural and inevitable consequence of a conscientious, years-long campaign to dehumanize Jews.
You say you want an Intifada revolution. From: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. ‘Free Palestine,’ says a gunman after killing two outside a Jewish event.
🔎 Breaking down the latest border numbers for April. From: Andrew R Arthur/CIS. It’s a good thing that almost three-quarters of illegal entrants are from Mexico — and border security dodged a bullet when the ‘Senate border bill’ failed.
Why it is so difficult for Trump to clean up Biden’s Ukraine mess. From: Fred Fleitz/American Greatness. Trump’s critics blame him for Ukraine’s war, but it’s Biden’s blunders—NATO talk, weak deterrence, and failed diplomacy—that made peace nearly impossible.
👉 Unmasking the real threat to America's democracy. From: Joseph C. Newtz/American Thinker. America isn't a democracy but a constitutional republic designed to limit majority rule and protect individual rights.
Regime uncertainty and market uncertainty. From: Donald J Boudreaux/Daily Economy. When political rhetoric or fiscal policies threaten property rights or increase instability, private investors tend to withdraw.
👍 Farmers need free markets, not tariffs and welfare. From: Steven Greenhut/Reason. The more important the product—and food certainly ranks high on any list—the better it is to allow markets to work.
Jake Tapper's castrated attempt at a mea culpa. From: Quoth the Raven. Megyn Kelly serves up a delightful, long overdue public lashing of Jake Tapper, annihilating him for his dishonest coverage of Joe Biden.