Are the Potomac Nationals coming to Fredericksburg? Depends on whether EDA funds available to everyone else will be available to Minor League Baseball.
UPDATE: Toronto Tears Down $550 Staircase, Pledges To Rebuild For $10,000
For a staircase that originally billed to be $65,000? A cost reduction to the much more reasonable price tag of $10,000 is a win for the taxpayer indeed.
Gillespie Highlights From The Virginia Bar Association Debate
If you missed the Virginia Bar Association Debate, don’t worry — it was an exhibition in precisely why Ralph Northam is avoiding debates, courtesy of Ed Gillespie’s sharp right jabs on the economy and small business growth:
“Let me say it again: 20 cents of every dollar is a direct federal dollar on our economy from the federal government. In Hampton Roads, it’s a lot more than that… we can’t just count on Washington D.C. to solve our problems for us. I have policies to get Virginia growing again, to address the challenges we face, a 10% across the board cut in our individual income tax rates. That would create more than 53,000 full-time, private sector, good paying jobs in the Commonwealth of Virginia. That’s a 25% increase over what we project right now. We need those jobs, we need those opportunities, we need to — in Virginia — enact policies to change the stagnation that we have suffered under during the lieutenant governor’s time in office.”
— Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie
Virginia Bar Association Debate
22 July 2017
For other highlights during the Gillespie/Northam VBA debate, see below.
No question that Gillespie carried the debate handily. Northam pivoted to a series of divisive social issues and reckless economic policies, while Gillespie deftly handled questions about President Trump while focusing relentlessly on what he intends to achieve as governor: small business growth and the economy being front and center.
Ralph Northam Is Pro-Robot
Guess who supports a $15/hr living wage?
BREAKING: Sean Spicer Resigns As White House Press Secretary
Sean Spicer out; Anthony Scaramucci in as White House press secretary.
Gillespie Calls On Northam To Debate In Hampton Roads, Richmond
Ed Gillespie isn’t shying away from public speaking engagements, even if Ralph Northam seems to be taking every opportunity to dodge the same.
Barbara Comstock Is Fighting Back Against MS-13
Comstock gets $70 million to fight back against MS-013 over a five-year period, with 20% going to already established anti-gang task forces.
AARP, League of Women Voters Go After Northam; Wheels Come Off At DPVA
AARP and LWV beg Northam to reconsider ditching debates while Northam’s creeping defeatism is starting to be noticed on Twitter and Facebook.
Are Dems Waving White Flag Already In Delegate Campaigns?
Democrats broadcast that they’ve given up hope on winning anything in these House of Delegates races unless liberals outside Virginia pay the way.
In Four Minutes, McEwen Effortlessly Destroys Obamacare
Perhaps the only four minutes you will ever have to spend explaining to friends and family why government run services fail — every time.
Suppose the boss gives you $150 to buy a door prize for the office party. In a store window, you see a six-foot tall stuffed frog marked $149.00 You think, Oh, that’s perfect – let’s buy it. The raffle winner is awarded the six-foot frog. Everyone laughs at the gag.
Now, this is called a third-party purchase – a purchase that is made with money that is not yours (therefore you don’t care about the cost) to buy something you’re not going to consume (therefore you don’t care about the quality).
Here’s the point: By definition, all government purchases are third-party purchases. The government spends other people’s money on things it won’t consume. It doesn’t care about the price or the quality. Thus, there will always be waste in government spending.
With health care, this is the precise problem. The federal government isn’t paying for it; you are. The federal government isn’t using it; you are. Ergo, costs go up via waste and quality goes down via inefficiency.
…and that’s why free markets work for all of us, because when costs go down and quality goes up, availability follows in due course just like all other forms of insurance (fire, life, auto).