Electricity, Unemployment, and…

by Vande Krol | 9:57 am, January 8, 2012

This is my final column for Metro North Newspapers. On Thursday, January 5, I became a candidate for State Representative, and can no longer be a columnist.How many times do we pay for renewable electricity?Xcel Energy is asking for another rate hike w…

How many does it take?

by Vande Krol | 7:12 pm, December 21, 2011

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. Henry David ThoreauThe number of bills that became law in Colorado in 2011: 330. Average number of pages of new rules issued by Colorado per year: 15,000. T…

Xcel Energy “Breaks Wind” Records for Rate-Payers

by Vande Krol | 12:18 pm, December 4, 2011

The Denver Post reports: Early on Oct. 6, Xcel Energy set a world record for electricity from wind power. Between 4 and 5 a.m. that day, 55.6 percent of the electricity consumed by Xcel’s 1 million customers in Colorado came from wind farms dott…

Preserving our Blessings

by Vande Krol | 4:56 pm, November 22, 2011

I’m thankful. I’m very thankful. And not just today, Thanksgiving Day, but every day. I grew up in a family with loving parents and siblings. I don’t mean to demean the rest of you, but I’ve got the world’s best wife (some of you are undoubte…

The Misdirected Anger of the Occupiers

by Vande Krol | 4:58 pm, November 10, 2011

“I’ll have a hamburger, for which I’ll gladly pay you, Tuesday”. Wimpy.Comics often allow a humorous glimpse into real life. I remember growing up and reading Family Circus every Sunday, tracing Billy as he ambled from amusement to amazement th…

The Cost of Monopolies

by Vande Krol | 3:18 pm, October 13, 2011

Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute, when asked if teachers are paid too much, said, “How would we know? The reason that I say that is, there is a government monopoly for education…”  Proposition 103 is on your ballot. It’s a huge i…

Stuck With a Dishonest Tax Increase

by Vande Krol | 5:45 pm, October 4, 2011

There will be no floor debate, no committee hearings, no amendments. Proposition 103 is already written, and if we approve it we are stuck with it.Boulder Senator Rollie Heath’s Proposition 103 increases sales and income taxes to raise over $500 mill…

Reality Over Hope – Three Jobs Saved

by Vande Krol | 8:39 am, September 12, 2011

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein President Obama has explained his new stimulus program. Let’s see how the old one did. Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) reports that th…

Bananas and Broken Windows

by Vande Krol | 6:41 pm, August 31, 2011

A guy walks into his local grocery. Noting the price of bananas is 89 cents per pound, he complains that the grocery across the street sells bananas for 69 cents per pound. The grocer asks him why he didn’t buy bananas from the other grocery. “The…

The Anti-Stimulus Program

by Vande Krol | 10:05 am, August 18, 2011

Politicians often lack a foundation in basic economics, or we probably wouldn’t be facing the possibility of a financial collapse. The average individual has a better intuitive understanding of basic economics than many of our elected officials, or e…

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