Money Where Your Mouth Is...

I'm not usually one for triumphalism, but I did like this article.

In 2003 I decided to write a book. I had been writing a regular column for National Review Online about the economy and I wanted to take those columns (and some occasional pieces that I'd written for TCS) and re-work them into a broader argument. Before it had any pages, or a publisher, it had a name - The Bush Boom. I started to throw out some feelers. The publishers loved the title. A sarcastic book, excoriating President Bush for tanking the economy was greatly needed, they told me. Clever title, they twittered knowingly. When I told them that the title wasn't sarcastic; that the data showed that the economy really had started to boom, and that someone needed to tell the world, the conversation invariably and abruptly ended.

The article, by Jerry Bowyer, isn't so much about his book as it is about Bush's tax cuts. Basically, Jerry bet the house (literally) that the tax cuts would work and he won big (though I'm sure there are many out there who could find flaws in his economics, I can't...not being much of an economist). It was inspiring and reinforced a sentiment I've had since the Koch Reunion a couple weekends ago: I'd love to start a small business. More precisely, I'd love to have started a business and be reaping the rewards and satisfaction. As it is, I've decided to pursue what I know and see what the options are for opening...wait for it...a bar.

More on that when it's more than just a puerile fantasy.