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#168 How Fiscal Policy Harms the Poor
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…
Read More#161 Social Security and Work
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Read More#159 The Death of the Civil Servant
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Read More#158 The Market Gives the Poor a Raise
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Read More#19 Render Unto Caesar
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Render-Unto-Caesar.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreShould we pay taxes? How? And how much? The answers are not as obvious as you might think.
Read More#18 Love Your Neighbor
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Love-Your-Neighbor.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreIf you love your neighbor, you will provide consumer surplus, which makes them richer. If you love yourself, you will make a profit, which makes you richer.
Read More#15 Healthcare is Not a Moral Right
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Healthcare-in-Not-a-Moral-Right.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreThe crossroads of Economics and Christianity is freedom. Healthcare as a moral right means the labor of healthcare providers is owned by others. That denies their moral freedom.
Read More#6 Jesus Distributed the Gospel Unequally
http://media.blubrry.com/1463975/davearnott.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Jesus-Distributed-the-Gospel-Unequally-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreIf Jesus distributed the Gospel unequally, we should take that as an endorsement for income inequality. Thomas Sowell wrote, “Since the reduction of poverty and the closing of economic gaps are competing goals, on what basis can we choose between…
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