Tucker Carlson and his bow tie have been making a lot of news concerning his participation in a new website called The Daily Caller. But what I want you to read is Daily Caller High.
It’s a weekly column by young conservatives, co-written by friend of the blog, Brandon Kiser.
Here’s a sample of Brandon’s column this week:
Just the other day, the Associated Press announced that despite the vast amounts of money allocated in the stimulus package for highways and roadways, local unemployment remained virtually unchanged. If pumping money into road construction can’t affect unemployment, what can? Where the most money was spent, not too far south of Nashville, Tenn., unemployment is ready to hit 20 percent.
Then comes the issue of what we are paying for this colossal failure that was supposed to keep unemployment, the heartbeat of the economy, beating along under 8 percent. According to a report by Veronique de Rugy and Jerry Brito of George Mason University we have been paying “an average of $245,807.51 per job” when the $157,028,362,536 given out in the first quarter of the stimulus is divided by the 638,826.54 “created or saved” jobs. You read that right.
So, who can spend your money better? You or the stimulus?
Brandon Kiser is a Kentucky high school student. He writes as an assistant editor for 73wire.com, blogs at the American Kiser, and can be found on Twitter @BrandonKiser.
When I read the words of young conservatives, it inspires me. Maybe the future isn’t lost…
