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Catching Up

October 9, 2008

A lot of things I missed while I was gone… Here’s a bunch of short commentary
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I liked B.R. Merrick on non-voting. I’m tired of election-year nonsense, and of course, this is the time when the “get out and vote” crowd yells the loudest.
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I liked this post at End the War on Freedom. [...]

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Attempt to Outlaw Scarcity Fails in Massachusetts

February 18, 2008

If politicians were capable of eliminating scarcity, i.e., the single most fundamental problem to any people, at any time in history, and under any circumstances, we’d be swimming in lemonade rivers and sunning ourselves in cotton-candy fields. We are not swimming in lemonade rivers, or sunning ourselves in cotton-candy fields. Therefore, politicians can’t simply legislate [...]

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Posted in: American Politics, Economics Lessons, Health Care | 2 Comments

CoyoteBlog on Health Care

January 9, 2008

The CoyoteBlog explodes the methodology of a recent study which appears to show that the health care system in the U.S. is significantly worse than other developed countries. One choice tidbit:
I have a very smart reader group, so my sense is that many of you already see the gaffe here. [...]

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Quick Hits

December 28, 2007

If gold is such an anachronism, why do governments maintain such large stockpiles of it?
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Who knew that the Unions are in favor of national healthcare?
Union members and outside experts said the UAW will have difficulty keeping its commitments unless the federal government has a national health care system within 5-15 years.
Always looking out for [...]

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