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...
Being a first generation American I have an appreciation for the immigration issue and it's complexities. Although at the end of the day I feel that many of problems in immigration isn't immigration but the struggle over remaining resource in a economy that is getting weaker and weaker everyday...
Saving the Needy or Creating the Needy? By Monty Pelerin , posted December 23rd, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/23/saving-the-needy-or-creating-the-needy/ When a graph like the following develops, one has mixed emotions: On the one hand, there is the obvious sorrow and empathy for the less...
How can they extend the benefits when they have no money? Eventually these people getting unemployment are going to have to get off their ass and take a job that they may think is "beneath them".Getting unemployment for 99 weeks is MORE than enough time to find a job, even if it's a crappy...
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...
I suppose that in a perfect world everyone would have access to healthcare. Well, then I guess the United States is as close to perfect as anywhere because everyone here has access to healthcare. Just like anyone can buy a car, buy a home, or buy clothes and food, anyone can buy healthcare. Healthcare...
Traducción del artículo: Does Welfare Diminish Poverty? Por Howard Baetjer Jr. Publicado en ‘The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty’ - Abril 1984, Vol. 34 No. 4 http://www.fee.org/Publications/the-Freeman/article.asp?aid=1059 Traducido por Ángel Martín Oro ¿Disminuye...
This is one that is near and dear to my cigar-loving heart. Bush had vetoed this bill twice before that would have expanded the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to include more children. It would have been funded by more tobacco taxes. Specifically, it would have increased the federal...
Have you seen the AARP’s latest ad campaign ? It shows a series of children who urge us to take action on the “five core needs” of AARP: “the need for health; the need for financial security; the need to contribute or give back to society; the need for community and to stay connected to family, friends...