If You Really Love Volunteers, Mr. Obama . . .
Posted in Articles on 10 August 2009
Stats: 175 views and No Comments [This article will be published in the October 2009 edition of The Freeman] Barack Obama gave volunteerism a big boost early this year, visiting service centers on Martin Luther King Day, greeting volunteers, and working alongside them. “Everybody’s got to be involved,” he said. “If we’re waiting for somebody else to ...
Posted in Articles on 10 August 2009
Stats: 175 views and No Comments [This article will be published in the October 2009 edition of The Freeman] Barack Obama gave volunteerism a big boost early this year, visiting service centers on Martin Luther King Day, greeting volunteers, and working alongside them. “Everybody’s got to be involved,” he said. “If we’re waiting for somebody else to ...
Son of “Stimulus”
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 10 July 2009
Stats: 45 views and 23 Comments Bad economic policy proposals usually have a superficial logic that fools the economically illiterate into thinking the policies really make sense. For example, anti-price-gouging laws seem to keep goods affordable during emergencies. The government says no one may raise prices "excessively" on generators, batteries, and bottled water. Hurray for wise ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 10 July 2009
Stats: 45 views and 23 Comments Bad economic policy proposals usually have a superficial logic that fools the economically illiterate into thinking the policies really make sense. For example, anti-price-gouging laws seem to keep goods affordable during emergencies. The government says no one may raise prices "excessively" on generators, batteries, and bottled water. Hurray for wise ...
Centrists Undermine White House Agenda
Posted in In brief on 7 July 2009
Stats: 7 views and No Comments "Half a dozen members of the Senate Democratic Conference pose the biggest threat to President Obama’s agenda, giving Senate Republicans a fighting chance to block the administration’s major expansions of government. GOP leaders have begun reaching out to these centrists, hoping they will buck their party on Obama’s two biggest initiatives: ...
Posted in In brief on 7 July 2009
Stats: 7 views and No Comments "Half a dozen members of the Senate Democratic Conference pose the biggest threat to President Obama’s agenda, giving Senate Republicans a fighting chance to block the administration’s major expansions of government. GOP leaders have begun reaching out to these centrists, hoping they will buck their party on Obama’s two biggest initiatives: ...
Do We Need State Control of Medical Care?
Posted in Not So Fast! on 1 July 2009
Stats: 175 views and 8 Comments The notion that the political classes “should never waste a good crisis” has extended not only to the de facto nationalization of domestic auto companies and the financial sector, but also to medical care. It is treated as inevitable that the government will demand to control all the money that ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 1 July 2009
Stats: 175 views and 8 Comments The notion that the political classes “should never waste a good crisis” has extended not only to the de facto nationalization of domestic auto companies and the financial sector, but also to medical care. It is treated as inevitable that the government will demand to control all the money that ...
No More Czars Please
Posted in Articles on 19 June 2009
Stats: 840 views and 3 Comments Since taking office, President Barack Obama has made creating "czars" a top priority. He has created a Car Czar, a Cybersecurity Czar and a Compensation Czar, just to name a few. Some counts put the total at 15 new Czars since taking office. No doubt we could soon have a ...
Posted in Articles on 19 June 2009
Stats: 840 views and 3 Comments Since taking office, President Barack Obama has made creating "czars" a top priority. He has created a Car Czar, a Cybersecurity Czar and a Compensation Czar, just to name a few. Some counts put the total at 15 new Czars since taking office. No doubt we could soon have a ...
Obama’s Impossible Healthcare Reform Promises
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 19 June 2009
Stats: 1,613 views and 11 Comments In his drive to "reform" health care -- that is, redesign 18 percent of the U.S. economy -- Barack Obama is clearly terrified that his mission will crash and burn if people think it will cost them their freedom of choice in doctors and insurance. He is surely convinced that ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 19 June 2009
Stats: 1,613 views and 11 Comments In his drive to "reform" health care -- that is, redesign 18 percent of the U.S. economy -- Barack Obama is clearly terrified that his mission will crash and burn if people think it will cost them their freedom of choice in doctors and insurance. He is surely convinced that ...
The Continuing Federal Budget Nightmare
Posted in Not So Fast! on 14 May 2009
Stats: 662 views and 2 Comments The numbers that come in from the government are staggering, with a projected federal budget deficit of nearly two trillion dollars. As one recent news account put it: With the economy performing worse than hoped, revised White House figures point to deepening budget deficits, with the government borrowing almost 50 cents ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 14 May 2009
Stats: 662 views and 2 Comments The numbers that come in from the government are staggering, with a projected federal budget deficit of nearly two trillion dollars. As one recent news account put it: With the economy performing worse than hoped, revised White House figures point to deepening budget deficits, with the government borrowing almost 50 cents ...
Government Motors: Redux
Posted in Not So Fast! on 6 May 2009
Stats: 466 views and 1 Comment With all of the hype about Swine Flu coming into this country through infected Mexicans slipping over the border, one forgets that a worse malady, the “British Disease,” is being promoted by the Obama administration as an economic cure. If there ever an occasion to call out, “Not so fast, ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 6 May 2009
Stats: 466 views and 1 Comment With all of the hype about Swine Flu coming into this country through infected Mexicans slipping over the border, one forgets that a worse malady, the “British Disease,” is being promoted by the Obama administration as an economic cure. If there ever an occasion to call out, “Not so fast, ...
Understanding the “Stimulus”
Posted in Featured, Not So Fast! on 11 March 2009
Stats: 97 views and 2 Comments The more I follow the “debate” about President Barack Obama’s “stimulus” package and his plans for the U.S. economy, the more I realize that most people are missing the fundamental issues. While I wish the public debate really was about the efficacy of borrowing a trillion dollars and spending the ...
Posted in Featured, Not So Fast! on 11 March 2009
Stats: 97 views and 2 Comments The more I follow the “debate” about President Barack Obama’s “stimulus” package and his plans for the U.S. economy, the more I realize that most people are missing the fundamental issues. While I wish the public debate really was about the efficacy of borrowing a trillion dollars and spending the ...
The Fallacy of Composition
Posted in Not So Fast! on 22 January 2009
Stats: 2,158 views and 9 Comments After covering last week the Fallacy of Collective Terms by Lawrence Reed, today I discuss the “Fallacy of Composition.” Reed says: This error also involves individuals. It holds that what is true for one individual will be true for all others. The example has often been given of one who stands up ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 22 January 2009
Stats: 2,158 views and 9 Comments After covering last week the Fallacy of Collective Terms by Lawrence Reed, today I discuss the “Fallacy of Composition.” Reed says: This error also involves individuals. It holds that what is true for one individual will be true for all others. The example has often been given of one who stands up ...
