Gongol.com Archives: July 2017
July 6, 2017
We can manage a gap of one or maybe two percentage points between government revenues and government spending (as a share of GDP) -- if the economy grows faster than the gap. But not what's on tap: 23.6% in spending and 18.4% in revenues (ten years from now). Deficits aren't free.
Nebraska election officials put up resistance to Federal snooping
The states are in charge of elections for good reason -- unless they show a specific inability to conduct them freely and fairly, it should remain that way
Why is rural broadband access a fight?
Many serious policy issues are treated inconsistently because we haven't decided whether Internet access has the status of a public utility.
Why do American companies make aluminum in Iceland?
Per the New York Times: "Electricity in Iceland costs about 30 percent less than what Alcoa might pay in the United States." Iceland got into the smelting business because it needed to find something to replace fisheries. That's the effect of specialization in action.
A police chase -- of a suspect on a tractor
These things do occasionally happen in the Midwest
