It Turns Out that Government Has Been Fixing Health Care For a Long Time
I came across a fantastic article a while back by Roderick T. Long titled “How Government Solved the Health Care Crisis: Medical Insurance that Worked - Until Government “Fixed” It.”
As it begins:
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Paul Ryan is Fiscally Conservative?
So Paul Ryan is Mitt Romney’s choice for the “Guy Who Won’t Actually Do Anything but Will Hopefully Win Me Some Swing Voters In A Close State” known formally as the vice president. This has upset many liberals who believe… Continue reading
Yes, Once Again, Obama Does Not (And Did Not) Represent Change
Obamney 2012
It’s almost getting boring, as we’ve pointed this out a lot (see here, here, here and here), but Barack Obama did not represent some magical, semi-omnipotent change. Maybe he diverts a little more tax… Continue reading
Jon Stewart on Fast and Furious
Jon Stewart discusses, in his normally funny way, the mess that is Fast and Furious. Why exactly is Eric Holder still in office?
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Welfare State Reform: Unemployment Insurance
For some time now I’ve believed reforming the government is a lost cause since a political organization based on coercion that can divvy up other people’s money and restrict their freedom will almost certainly be corrupt. That being said, I… Continue reading
Turns Out that Romney and Obama are Virtually Identical
As I’ve pointed out before, Barack Obama is not much different than George W. Bush (see here and here). Well, as this excellent video shows, apparently Mitt Romney is also the same as Barack Obama… who would have thunkit?… Continue reading
Thomas Sowell on the Wage Gap
So I’ve been getting some flak in the comments for my articles arguing women don’t make less than men for the same work and own much more than 1% of the world’s wealth (nothing on the one saying the female/male… Continue reading
Top Ten Adam Carolla Rants
Adam Carolla is a hyper-vigilant professional ranter. And he is damn good at it. The following top ten Carolla rants are sure to excite all the senses. You may want to set aside a good hour for this.
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Ron Paul: The Last Statesman
Ron Paul is the most consistent, principled, authentic, and ethical politician of our lifetime. No matter the decade his message has never changed. The Constitution and liberty are his guide. He truly represents the people. He predicted this economic mess… Continue reading
Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?
People keep drawing comparisons between Social Security and Ponzi schemes. It has even inspired some Venn diagrams out on the interwebs, most of which are pretty uninspiring to me:
You have Texas Governor Rick Perry of course, who reiterated his… Continue reading
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