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Blog Entries by Michel Kelly-Gagnon from 03/2012

Ironically the Nanny State Most Hurts the Young

| Publication 03.03.2012
Suivre: Government Intervention, Debt, Debt Crisis, Bail Out, Default, Montreal Economic Institute, Welfare State, United States, Greece, Mei, L'actualité

Most people tend to dislike taxes, but most people also want the benefits of government largess without having to foot the bill. In essence, they want something for nothing. But since the world doesn't work that way, politicians have to find ways to seem to be meeting this irrational desire.

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Hey Journalists! Where's the Dirt on Non-Profits?

| Publication 03.15.2012
Suivre: Asbestos Dr. Egilman, Non-Profit Journalism Profit, Cbc Asbestos, Journalism Bias Non-Profit, Asbestos Cbc, Journalism Non-Profit, Jeffrey Asbestos Mine, Non-Profit Journalism, Dr. Egilman Asbestos, Mine Jerffrey Asbestos, L'actualité

There is a fairly widespread mentality in journalistic circles that goes something like this: Anything that is funded by, or associated with, the for-profit world of private industry is to be greeted with the utmost scepticism and should prima facie be considered false, unless proven otherwise.

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