Newspaper Op-eds by Chuck Kelly

 

Economic absurdities that
Democrats must expose:


...because it's wrong to penalize success and hard work.


...therefore, we should eliminate the capital gains tax.


...After all, they came from, and understand, business.


...even though it is based on pitting the worlds' workers against each other.


...union bosses are only out for themselves.


...and the more the rich have, the more will trickle down to everyone else.


...Democrats are communists, or at least, socialists at heart.


...so when we tax wealthy investors, we lose jobs.


...so investors, not workers, create wealth.


...so we should give them all the tax breaks possible.


...Democrats just want to tax and spend today.


General Issues:


...check out this 2-minute video.


...It's a mountain, and a terrible defense of globalization.


...for those of Indonesia, Mexico, China and India.


...and how not to do it again.


...and the "crisis" is just a ploy by those who want to destroy it.


...Republicans' most important propaganda technique.


...and get the media on your side




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From the Asheville Citizen-Times, Nevember 12, 2017, Sanders is not a left-wing Bannon

From the Charlotte Observer, November 1, 2017, Disgusted Democrats reject Trump even when he's right

From the Charlotte Observer, August 8, 2017, Trump is half-right on immigration

From the Charlotte Observer, July 14, 2017, Key to better pay? Government, not so-called free markets

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 26, 2017, Our great divide began with rise of right

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, April 30, 2017, Spending really does boost growth

From the Charlotte Observer, December 11, 2016, Democrats in denial over loss

From the Charlotte Observer, September 8, 2016, No president can fix free trade without this

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, July 24, 2016, Hazards of judging speech performance

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 25, 2016, It's time to face up to a couple of truths about guns

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 4, 2016, Sanders is not huting Clinton

From the Charlotte Observer, May 12, 2016, Trump knows free trade kills middle class

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, January 3, 2016, Taking sides in a religious war

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, October 18, 2015, Caucus is 'our way or the highway'

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, September 21, 2015, Trump's big contribution (Title in the actual paper was different)

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, August 2, 2015, Trump, Sanders tapping into discontent

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 28, 2015, A chance to return to economic plualism?

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, May 18, 2015, The coalition from workers hell: GOP and Wall Street Dems

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, April 19, 2015, Laws should be based on secular values

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, November 23, 2014, Democrats are still beating themselves

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, September 15, 2014, Proactive Obama faces a reactive Washington

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 22, 2014, Iraq and globalization: Confusing mechanics with values

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, May 26, 2014, Conservatives panic over Piketty's Capital in the 21st century

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, April 13, 2014, Misguided voters are destroying nation's economy

From the Charlotte Observer, December 28, 2013, Debating the minimum wage

From the Charlotte Observer, December 18, 2013, A rising minimum wage benefits everyone--well, almost

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, November 13, 2013, Short-sighted austerity measures may doom nation

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, October 6, 2013, shutdown doesn't equal less government

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, September 22, 2013, Effects of generational leverage undeniable

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 30, 2013, Greed isn't good, and America needs to tax it

From the Charlotte Observer, September 14, 2012, Bad question: Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, July 6, 2012, Workers need legal rights

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 7, 2012, Funds for police, firemen deliberately starved

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, May 14, 2012, U.S. gave China its 'miracle'

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, April 8, 2012, How a Catch-22 is destroying the middle class

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, March 11, 2012, 'We' aren't all in this mess together—yet

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, February 9, 2012, A look at vultures, socialists

From the Charlotte Observer, October 15, 2011, Companies that outsource not hurting just unskilled workers

From the Charlotte Observer, July 10, 2011, Look beyond DeMint's phony claims to save our freedoms

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, February 18, 2011, Globalization carries a bias against labor

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, November 28, 2010, Protectionism is result, not cause, of unemployment

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, October 20, 2010, Estate taxes aren't a levy on the dead

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, September 3, 2010, How a Democrat can win in a red state

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, August 5, 2010, American investors bailing out in economic recovery

From the Shreveport Times, July 3, 2010, Reactive government is the problem; Proactive government is the solution

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 3, 2010, How lobbyists work against workers' best interests

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, May 20, 2010, Don't confuse capitalism with government

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, February 11, 2010, Smaller federal government equals bigger corporate government

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, January 8, 2010, Church and state must remain separate

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, November 15, 2009, Best and brightest, or greediest and most corrupt?

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, October 9, 2009, Historical precedent vs. economic nonsense

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, July 3, 2009, Obama could learn from FDR’s approach

From the Charlotte Observer, October 21, 2008, Time for "demand side" economics

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, August 19, 2008, Globalization can't work in a world without rules

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, January 22, 2008, For us to thrive, government must ensure the freedoms that count

From the Yancey Common Times Journal, November 14, 2007, Politics, not "education" created good-paying jobs

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, October 26, 2007, Self-serving free trade practices reason behind stretched paychecks

From the Charlotte Observer, July 23, 2007, Exploding gap in wealth, wages not an accident

From the Asheville Citizen-Times, June 28, 2007, Government's economic policies deliberately cater to the super-rich

From the Charlotte Observer, August 24, 2006, Why we have government

From the Prescott Daily Courier, April 30, 2006, Today's capitalism favors society's rich

From the Rock Hill Herald, March 18, 2006, "Bias" in beholder's eye

From the Prescott Daily Courier, July 3, 2005, Exploring the two sources of moral standards

From the Charlotte Observer, March 25, 2005, Switch to `hard' management is bad for society

From the Charlotte Observer, December 22, 2004, Who bears risk for Social Security reform?

From the Charlotte Observer, November 7, 2004, I voted for John Kerry, but I'm not miserable

From the Charlotte Observer, April 11, 2004, Who's "out of the loop"?

From the Prescott Daily Courier, July 9, 2004, Working conditions, wages still deteriorating

From the Arizona Republic, March 28, 2004, Outsourcing Helps No Worker

From the Prescott Daily Courier, February 19, 2004, Justification for Iraq war remains scant

From the Charlotte Observer, November 12, 2003, From Country with a Heart to Business without a Soul

From the Charlotte Observer, October 27, 2003, Why are we in Iraq?

From the Charlotte Observer, February 24, 2002, Ethics policies worthless where greed is a virtue

From the Arizona Republic, May 6, 2002, The income gap is no accident

From the Prescott Courier May 15, 2002, Productivity has clear link with technology (Note: the title given by the editor to the column has little to do with the substance of the article.)