Negative Space: Irwin M. Stelzer
- Global weirding and the compromise class
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Conservatism does not grant government more power: compromise between conservatism and the left does. But compromise between the truth and a lie is always a lie, in the case of global catastrophes, catastrophic as well.
- Is it better to tax incomes or purchases?
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Is it better in a democratic republic for the national government to tax incomes, with an income tax, or to tax purchases, with a sales tax?
- Just a jump to the Left
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The cry of the beltway is that conservatives should always jump to the left in the dance of government. No matter how often they’re proved wrong. It’s like they’re in a time warp, always repeating the same failed policies.
- My job fell in the (oil) well
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Through steel tariffs, we killed tens of thousands of jobs in industries that use steel by raising the cost of steel in the United States. Now Irwin M. Stelzer wants to do the same to industries that use oil. That is, all of them. Everyone uses energy.
- Republican President must keep Roosevelt’s word
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Even if a future conservative president doesn’t believe Americans of Japanese descent are disloyal, says Irwin Stelzer, he should think twice before rescinding President Roosevelt’s Executive Orders. The President’s honor—and the nation’s—is more important than politics.
