Governor Christie of NJ is a breath of fresh air. His “take-no-prisoners” approach is what must occur in every state in this country. Likewise, it is what has to happen at the Federal level. If you are dependent on government, use what little time you have left to get off [...]
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 Welfare States – R. I. P.“The worst thing in the world next to anarchy is government.” Henry Ward Beecher Bloggers post what they claim to be the “scariest economic chart” or the ”chart of the century.” Indeed, many data sets are frightening, but none more so than the one to the left. Modern government has failed. [...] |
 Michael Kinsley’s Intuition is better than “Expert Opinion”In an article in Atlantic Monthly entitled My Inflation Nightmare, Michael Kinsley worries about the future of the economy. He fears that inflation, perhaps hyperinflation, is a likely next stage in the economic crisis. His fears contradict respected liberal economists, Paul Krugman and Larry Summers. They argue that deflation is [...] |
 A Shot across the Entitlement BowAnyone who has looked at the financial condition of this country knows insolvency cannot be remedied without severe cutbacks in entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Similarly, major cutbacks in the welfare and warfare state will be required. These latter cutbacks are not sufficient. The bulk of the [...] |
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 You Are Going to DieAll of us are going to die. Knowing how and when are answers we are not provided. The imposition of Obamacare does not provide answers, but for most of us the terminal event is likely to be sooner rather than later under Obamacare. From the Wall Street Journal: President Obama [...] |
 Medicine Dies in AmericaFor those who want an explanation of how our health care system got so bad, the following article written in 2000 in The Freeman provides an answer. It was not the free market, but government intervention that brought us to this point. Sadly, we are now going to “fix” the [...] |
 The Beginning of a Hockey StickWelfare States – R. I. P.Michael Kinsley’s Intuition is better than “Expert Opinion”A Shot across the Entitlement Bow |
 Healthcare Common Sense — Liberal Wishes Meet Immutable RealityAlmost twenty years ago, a doctor friend of mine had two sons approaching college age. One day on the golf course we were discussing our children, regarding their aspirations and our wishes for them. He stated, quite unequivocally, that he would fund his kids’ education for as long as they [...] |
 Dr. Thomas Sowell on National Health CareThe healthcare fiasco rumbles on as Washington does everything it can to extend its power and control over the citizenry. It would be one thing if this effort would improve our health care system, which certainly needs change. However, the same people that have intervened in our health care and [...] |
 Ethics and Integrity of GovernmentImage via Wikipedia My distaste for government in its current bloated form (a State as opposed to a government) should be apparent. Recently, I have characterized our government as a “cornered and wounded animal,” willing to do anything to survive what appears to be an increasingly impossible mess. Some may [...] |
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