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.
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 …
The election of President Trump, his support for securing the southern boarder, and reform the immigration system to limit chain migration, etc. has created a new industry of “Experts” that support and want to protect illegal immigrants. As the President makes the case that illegal immigrants cost the american people in a number of ways, …
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.
There have been many calls recently, mostly by labor unions, to set the Federal Minimum Wage at $15 an hour. This is double the current Federal Minimum Wage of $7.25. The principal augment is that you can’t support a family on the current Federal Minimum Wage and therefore can’t get off public assistance. This article discusses the potential ramifications of doubling the minimum wage and the impact. We discuss what would be reasonable, given the amount of time that has passed since the last raise. Also, ways that one could get employers to increase wages without a change in the minimum wage.
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 …