Earlier this week, in an editorial published on The Huffington Post titled “‘Missing In Action’: Congress Ignores America’s Poverty Crisis”, a reporter argued for additional stimulus spending and against a comprehensive approach to federal budgeting. The author went so far as to imply that those who support a more balanced approach are insensitive to our nation’s growing levels of poverty. I strongly disagree with both points. The solutions I support empower...

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To be a truly great nation what does political leadership need to do in order to drive the nation economically?  Peter Drucker, the famous management guru in the United States, suggested in his book Management Challenges for the 21st Century, that the key to success for management and leadership is to “starve problems and feed opportunities.”  His central idea is that good leadership will promote opportunities or success while managing the challenges or problems that organizations face.

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If you’ve paid attention to the political left and the things they say for more than five minutes, you know that “income inequality” is, for them, a grave concern. They want it to be a grave concern for you, too—especially if you are in a lower income quintile and you vote.

On the face of it, anything more than academic interest in the subject, or concern on the margins, should be absurd. After all, a burger-flipping teen isn’t going to make as much money as a carpenter...

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