The Kudlow Creed

Even Jonah Goldberg Agrees with Me!

The answer to capitalism is more capitalists.

Confusing Wall Street with Capitalism

At minute 6:50 of this video, they ask the very relevant question: Are Republicans confusing Wall Street with Capitalism. The answer is yes, but then many people do.

Want a VAT, Lose the Income Tax

George Will has been in the pundit business for a long, long time. I think the world according to Obama (and the later Bush years for that matter) is bringing out his best. Will is getting better with age.

There is now a lot of buzz about a Value Added Tax (VAT) similar to those used in Europe and Canada. George has a great take down and then raises the ante: Want a VAT, Ditch the Income Tax.

For a prior admiring post on Will, check this out.

Also, here's one of my previous remarks on the topic.

Battling Lack of IT Understanding

After spending literally decades working to align IT with business, I am slowly coming around to this opinion: The business holds equal responsibility for misalignment with IT.

Yes, it is the director's or CIO's responsibility to align with the business but there are also many senior business managers who show no interest in reaching back across the aisle. Here are some more thoughts on the matter.

Even Ron Paul Agrees With Me

I've stated a few times that what we have in America is not Capitalism but Corporatism. Apparently, now former presidential candidate, Ron Paul agrees with me too.

Here are my previous posts on the topic.

Corporatism Redeux

Corporatism is Self-Defeating

It's Not What You Think

Corporatism is Not Capitalism

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Bingo!

I've been waiting for a prominent public official to start talking about new types of taxation for the United States. The most likely proposal is going to be a Value Added Tax (VAT) like those used in Europe. I did a research project on Paul Volker in graduate school and I have nothing but respect for the man. This may change as he is now talking about a national sales tax.

It Doesn't Look Like This

Nicole Gelinas has written an excellent post at National Review that describes what a truly free market in finance would look like. Here's the shocker - it doesn't look like what we have in America today. Check it out.