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By Monty Pelerin , posted April 1st, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/04/01/the-first-euthanasia-patient-2/ “Falling wages rates are the consequence of prior bad policies and decisions.” Jerry O’Driscoll Economic decline can be seen starting as early as three decades ago. The...
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Free Market Solution to Healthcare Problems by Alex Merced (MercedForFreedom.com/LibertyIsNow.com) In order to understand how a Free Market can solve many of the problems in healthcare we must understand the cause of these problems. What are these problems? 1. Culture of Sugar: Due to the excessive amount...
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Healthcare Deform By Monty Pelerin , posted March 31st, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/31/healthcare-deform/ I received the following email from a friend. I don’t know the doctor but thought his take on the new healthcare reform was worthwhile. His predictions seem reasonable to one...
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Dems Ready to Demand Higher Corporate Earnings By Monty Pelerin , posted March 29th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/29/dems-ready-to-demand-higher-corporate-earnings/ According to the Wall Street Journal , the first cost increases of ObamaCare have already shown up: Yesterday AT&T announced...
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Healthcare and Detroit: Murdered by Government By Monty Pelerin , posted March 28th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/28/healthcare-and-detroit-murdered-by-government/ The recent passage of Obamacare is madness not seen before in this country. Any cursory review of government indicates that...
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The First Euthanasia Patient By Monty Pelerin , posted March 22nd, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/22/the-first-euthanasia-patient/ “House Democrats approved a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health system on Sunday, voting over unanimous Republican opposition to provide medical...
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The Basics of Healthcare and Economics By Monty Pelerin , posted March 4th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/04/the-basics-of-healthcare-and-economics/ J. R.Nyquist has written an excellent article on Healthcare . He summarizes quite nicely the economic aspects of healthcare and why soft-headed...
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Healthcare Won’t Die, But Democrats May Drop Like Flies By Monty Pelerin , posted February 21st, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/02/21/democrats-seek-distance-from-obama-as-health-care-reform-is-revived/ Image via Wikipedia There apparently is no limit to President Obama’s hubris and...
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Milton Friedman on Socialized Medicine. From a talk given at the Mayo Clinic in 1978. Although over 30 years old and focused on the medical industry, there are lessons here beyond the obvious. The semi-alert and above will recognize the process as a general one that applies to any industry in which the...
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Obamacare a Pallbearer for American Freedom? By Monty Pelerin , posted December 24th, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/24/obamacare-a-pallbearer-for-american-freedom/ “The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.” Benjamin Tucker There is no better way to describe...
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By Monty Pelerin , posted December 21st, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/21/medicine-dies-in-america/ For 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...
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This post originally appeared on American Thinker today. The Cardiff Giant , known as “America’s Greatest Hoax,” has new competition for the title — Global Warming. Recent revelations of what appear to be doctored data, corrupted scientists and pressured peer reviews have produced...
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“A Total Unmitigated Disaster for the Economy and for Freedom” In a damning piece in The Freeman William L. Anderson explains why the healthcare plan will be our country’s Munich. “There is nothing good to say about a new law that is going to raise taxes to confiscatory levels...
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It would be foolish to assume that just because a product or a need for a service exists, that any entity can do it well. For instance, you wouldn't get a company that specialized in demolition to build your house. Nor would you contract with an exterminator to have your yard landscaped. Likewise...
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I raised my children to be colorblind. I took no pride in doing so other than the pride I took in teaching them to walk and eat. In fact, you don't teach colorblindness. You teach racism. At the appropriate age, I sent my children to school. There, they interacted with black and white on an equal...