#194 Thankful for Private Property

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#192 School Choice

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#183 Who Should Care for the Homeless

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http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/183-Who-Should-Help-the-Homeless.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | More“Supply causes demand” was the summary statement by the French economist Jean Baptiste Say.  The Biden administration has supplied more than $500 million to alleviate homelessness, and demand for it went up 11%.  The allotment will be quickly consumed by the…

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#176 The Definition of Poverty

#173 The Definition of Poverty | The Christian Economist

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#170 Tax Policy and The Poor

#170 Tax Policy and the Poor | The Christian Economist

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#169 How Green Policies Impoverish the Poor

#169 How Green Policies Impoverish the Poor | The Christian Economist

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#168 How Fiscal Policy Harms the Poor

#168 How Fiscal Policy Harms the Poor | The Christian Economist

http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/168-How-Fiscal-Policy-Harms-the-Poor.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreI Timothy 5:18, states, “The worker deserves his wages.”  Five fiscal policies harm the poor by denying fair wages: Inflation, minimum wage, unemployment benefits, favoring unions, and licensing requirements.   I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.  That sarcastic…

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#167 Values and the Poor

#167 Values and the Poor | The Christian Economist

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#161 Social Security and Work

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http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/161-Social-Security-Work.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreSocial Security is not social, nor secure.  It’s not working, because it’s not aligned with God’s design.  We were created as social creatures, with the innate need and desire to care for one another.  But social security is not a…

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#20 Taxes that Care for Widows & Orphans

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#19 Render Unto Caesar

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#9 The poor will NOT always be with you

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http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-poor-will-NOT-always-be-with-you.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreIn ten years, extreme poverty has fallen from 18.2% to 8.6% of the world’s population.  It may be eliminated by 2030.

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