As these economies have freed up their people to innovate and produce, we see the standard of living grow for the ordinary person. Now we are seeing similar impact in many parts of Africa. Capitalism needs to be something we embrace, not something we fear. 4/4

UN officials project abject poverty to be wiped out by the end of this decade. How is this possible? It’s because nations like China, India, Vietnam and many others are moving in the direction of free enterprise. In other words, less state control. 3/4

Some say capitalism enslaves people. These guys are living in a fantasy world. Just 30 years ago approximately 30% of the world lived in abject poverty. Now it is down to 7.1%. 2/4

Well, now here we are. Maeda defeats Frank, Blain wins District 2 over the “chosen candidate” in Jared Wilson, and now we have the resignation of Brian Pepin. What’s happening in Poway? 6/6

But there is a whole new level of anger as a leaked closed council meeting presented our local officials mocking local residents, including some by name. It just confirmed the opinions of so many others that this council doesn’t truly listen to its constituents. 5/6

Is this all part of a radical shift in local leadership? For so long Steve Vaus and so many other Republicans, backed by “The Old Poway Guard”, have dominated local politics. But there has been so much anger from locals about the incredible amount of housing construction 4/6