The New York Times , in its article about the president signing the new health care bill , talked about a "select group of ordinary Americans" who attended the ceremony, who had become a "case in point for Mr. Obama" in his quest to destroy make scarce reform health care. One was...
An intersting example of farsight of politicians. As some of you may know Greece, has terrible hard times with their deficits. some suggest that it has to be excluced from the EU currency area, however there are not provisions for such a case. And now the others are navigatint along a path which is against...
http://crisismaven.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/bloom-of-doom-v-we-have-control-of-the-ship-we-have-a-plan/ Or maybe not? Is doomsday not that far away, the day the slavery through governement will end (for our "politicians")? I guess the answer will be we'll see utterly nonsensical laws. I...
Just found. The assets of the Deutsche Bahn are estimated at around 150 Mrd EUR. Now let's assume the DB is there now for 60 years. The new debts of German in 2019 are 100 Mrd (currently, still open to higher values, unlikely to be lower). So our Politicians just destrory something the Germans have...
I haven't read Crisis and Leviathan by Robert Higgs, but I feel like he could issue an updated edition with at least a few pages on Climategate. To recap: hackers released data from a major climate research center that show that scientists have been somewhat less than forthright with climate change...
Poverty is a topic that we often hear about, yet I don't believe many of us have ever truly experienced it. I am writing about poverty based on my knowledge and without claiming that I have done research on actual statistics. No, I won't be telling you how many poor people are in the world and...
Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative is, sadly, just another politician's manifesto, making sweeping statements in support of individual rights in one breath and in the next sacrificing them at the altar of government. He believes in individual property rights, sure: One of the...