Second Order Effects
The side effect of policy
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s new Boarder Czar, needs a better strategy to get cooperation from blue states. This short article identifies a quick and easy strategy for getting rid of stupid politicians and replacing them with cooperative ones.
The assassination attempt on Donald Trump is likely linked to the hyperbolic rhetoric calling former President Trump is a threat to Democracy, that he is a Fascist, a racist and most of all a new Hitler. This rhetoric is stated as facts, not assertions: by Joe Biden, Democrat politicians and the Main Stream Media (MSM) [i.e. MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC]. Are these specific accusations are a call to do anything you can to stop Trump from getting back into the White House. To put it another way, it’s the same as King James II saying: “Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?”
Whenever a Presidential election is won in the Electoral College and the winner doesn’t have the majority of the popular vote there are calls to disband the Electoral College. This has happened five times: 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016 in US history. While on the face, using the popular vote sounds like the way things should be and many wonder why we have the Electoral College. This Article discusses the reasons for the Electoral College and potential Second Order Effects of moving to a popular vote for the US President.
The press does not understand President Trump’s move to close Birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and potentially even those on tourist visas. There is a section of the 14th Amendment that hasn’t been tested in court that could be used by an executive order to justify rescinding birthright citizenship. The legal aspects of this are …
Many in the media take shots at Federal Employees on a regular basis over salaries. The media members taking these shots compare the average income of a federal employee and the average income of all Americans. There have been numerous studies that show that Federal Employees make anywhere from 30% to 60% more than the …
In the previous article about a $15 per hour minimum wage the author predicted that automation would be used to reduce labor hours. Well, look at this McDonald’s and what do you see, terminals for the customers to fill out their orders instead of minimum wage workers. This Seattle McDonald’s has automated to eventually reduce it’s labor costs. This is just the start, the faster that wages go up, the faster things will be automated.
The President has proposed and congress is moving forward with a plan to privatize the US Air Traffic Control (ATC) System. This article looks at the potential safety implications with this proposal. The principal charge by General Aviation Organizations, they represent the people that own those small private planes, is that the proposal will turn the US ATC over to the Airlines.
The press, in it’s zeal to defend Former President Obama, may have completely undercut their narrative that President Trump colluded with the Russians to beat Ms. Clinton! The press couldn’t help themselves, they had to defend former President Obama. Could this have been the President’s plan all along, to sow disbelief in the news media and to show they are spreading FAKE NEWS?
Premise of Article: The City Counsel of Philadelphia just doesn’t seem understand second order effects or think that people are smart enough to do math. This article is designed to show that economic and tax policy second order effects are easy to predict and avoid if one simply applies basic economic principles. Facts: On January …
Premise of Article: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be a lesson in what not to do when one has all of the levers of power. The Second Order Effect of the Legislation that this article discusses is the consistent opposition by the Republicans. This article is not about the goodness or badness of …