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Meritocracy: Can You Keep It?

What if government cutbacks meant getting rid of the poor performers rather than the poorly connected? Isn’t the idea of a MERITOCRACY built into the fundamental assumption about how a free people’s government works?

Here’s a new edition of The Right Angle, with Scott Ott leading the discussion, flanked by Steve Green and Bill Whittle.

Should Chiefs Cross The River?

The Kansas City Chiefs are considering a move from Kansas City, Missouri to Kansas City, Kansas.

Why? How does $2.75 BILLION of incentive strike you? Here’s more in a new edition of The Right Angle, with Scott Ott joined by Bill Whittle and Steve Green.

Solar Power Is Discriminatory

California, well-known for being on the bleeding-edge of planet-saving initiatives, has been subsidizing solar power home installations for years.

But apparently human survival must take a back seat to an even more important crisis looming over all of our futures: lack of equity. Scott Ott says California is now  removing the subsidy they provide for residents who have solar panels to sell power back to the electricity grid.

Ott says the state was giving solar panel owners the retail price per kilowatt hour to sell electricity back to the grid, but recently determined this was only benefitting the wealthy. “So what happens when the mother of all incentive states dials back the incentives? Do other states follow suit?” Ott asks. He’s joined by “Right Angle” colleagues Bill Whittle and Stephen Green to hash out the issue.

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