About: Roy Cordato
VP for research and resident scholar at the John Locke Foundation
Recent Posts by Roy Cordato
Why I am not a Republican–reason # 1-800-555-DUMB
One chamber of the Louisiana General Assembly is controlled by Republicans and the person who did us all a great favor and decided not to run for president, their governor Bobby Jindal, is also a GOPer. (HT Jon Sanders)
Written on October 20, 2011 at 10:18 am
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Obama slaps Shuler and Hagen in the face
I heard on the radio this morning a quote from Obama’s speech in Asheville yesterday where he told the crowd that they weren’t being represented in Washington these days. Last I looked, two thirds of Asheville’s representatives in DC are Democrats. I guess Obama feels that Heath Shuler and Kay Hagen aren’t doing their jobsContinue Reading
Written on October 18, 2011 at 10:07 am
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Greed and altruism in the eyes of a progressive
Greed is making lots of money by providing goods and services that other people want. Altruism is the desire to coercively transfer what the greedy have received to to those who have provided nothing that other people want. If it happens to be oneself, all the better.
Written on October 16, 2011 at 4:05 pm
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You might be a progressive if…
…you want to preserve open space so it can ultimately be paved over with solar panels and wind turbines.
Written on October 16, 2011 at 3:03 pm
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You might be a progressive if…
Written on October 15, 2011 at 10:15 am
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How to demagogue Herman Cain’s 9 9 9 plan
Focus strictly on the 9% sales tax as regressive and a tax increase without ever mentioning that the plan would eliminate the the Social Security and Medicare taxes which is progressive and a tax cut. While I have mixed feelings about the plan (most of my concerns are public choice related not economic) it isContinue Reading
Written on October 15, 2011 at 7:45 am
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When is a heartbeat not a heartbeat
Written on October 14, 2011 at 8:28 pm
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You gotta’ love James O’Okeefe
Written on October 13, 2011 at 9:29 pm
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Recent Comments by Roy Cordato
- May 8, 2013 on Is there anything the Obamaites don’t want to regulate?
- August 29, 2012 on Yes, they did build that?
- July 3, 2012 on Re: NEA Environmental Education (Stoops)
- April 30, 2012 on A Tough Crowd to Please
- April 11, 2012 on Media largely ignoring closure of The Mint
