My Thoughts on the Presidential Election or How Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Cured My Interest in Politics
I must be the most ill-informed political blogger there is out there right now, at least when it comes to current events. Oh how things change… where I once had my finger on the pulse of the political zeitgeist, here… Continue reading
Presidential Debate from a European Perspective
The letter from the German authorities caught my attention. Mostly because it was asking for a bunch of money, but also because of what was going on back home in the U.S.
The letter was to inform me that, because… Continue reading
Creepy Democratic National Convention Video: “The Government is the Only Thing We All Belong To”
…The government is your friend, like your government, it’s here to help you, we all belong to it, it owns us, but is friendly so don’t worry.
I always find it funny when Democrats make fun of Republicans for being… Continue reading
Dishonest Arguing Tactics – The GOP Convention
What do you mean I didn’t build that? I totally built that you good-for-nothing commie! Or something like that. Apparently Obama thinks bureaucrats built the United States instead of entrepreneurs. Indeed, that seemed to be the entire theme of the recent… 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
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
Bomb Iran = Impeach Bush/Support Obama
Here’s a very inconvenient clip of Joe Biden and Walter Jones threatening to impeach George W. Bush if he attempted to launch a war with Iraq. Now, of course, Obama has invaded Libya, bombed Pakistan as well as Yemen and Somalia, and… Continue reading
Federal Tax Burdens and The Use of the Word “Fair” in DC
A quick introduction from your humble Editor. We have eagerly awaited the $0.02 of this special guest contributor. He is the man, the myth, the legend: Papa Swift. And he’s decided to finally chime in on Swift Economics. Go easy… Continue reading
Geithner Was Wrong: U.S. Debt Downgraded
On April 25th of this year, our ever-so-competent Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was asked on Fox News whether U.S. treasuries could ever lose their AAA rating.
Geithner’s response: “No risk of that.”
Less than four months later and he’s made a Ben… Continue reading
Obama’s Mirror and Bush’s Reflection
I brought it up just three months after Barack Obama had been inaugurated and now the Humble Libertarian has made an exhaustive 100 point list on how Barack Obama is a mirror reflection of George W. Bush. Sure, Obama… Continue reading
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