Category Archives: bloated government
cui bono and cigarrete smoking
This is bound to be one of the most enjoyable posting experiences of my life: I get to discuss politics, cast suspicion on my school’s arch-rival (Michigan), and teach Latin. First to the Latin. Related Posts:Uncle Sam doesn’t need more soldiers.a hebrew / latin word coincidenceaugsburg wednesday 2: preliminaries continuedaugsburg wednesday 1: preliminarieshebrew thursday: pronouns [...]
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not just unconstitutional but unreliable — the census
Earlier this week I posted an argument for the unconstitutionality of the census as currently conducted. The comments to the post show that the topic really is quite a divisive issue, so I won’t rehash those arguments here. Related Posts:an argument for the unconstitutionality of the census as currently conducted
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I’m not the only one . . .
Yesterday I wrote a post entitled, “Does This Make Me Alarmist?,” in which I outlined, based on real data, an ugly possible scenario for a U.S. debt crisis emerging in possibly as little as three years. And today the Mises Blog has chimed in. Their conclusion is essentially the same as mine: Related Posts:now watch [...]
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Does this make me alarmist? Maybe . . .
The nation of Greece is currently at the center of a debt meltdown due to its ridiculously high spending habits in the past. Thanks to out-of-control spending, the Greek national debt has climbed to about 113% of GDP. A result of that is that investors consider Greek debt more risky, and are only willing to [...]
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the meaning of this net neutrality ruling
A court ruled today that the FCC has no right to enforce net neutrality standards. What does this mean? Related Posts:A World of ElitesThe Debt Situation is Like a MicrophoneI’m no longer using web hosting from lunarpages.com.A better browser ideahebrew thursday: genesis 2:4 – 2:25
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fifty links to our healthcare future
Go here to see if you’d like to browse the fruits of socialist medicine and see a pretty good guess at where US healthcare is headed. Related Posts:Liberalism as Denial — A Response to John FenselHayek disappoints.Occupy Wall Street: An Ominous DevelopmentIs the market degenerate? And what do socialism and Calvinism have in common?toward a [...]
animal farm is online
You know, the book about a people’s revolution in which goods are communally owned and centrally managed resulting in great suffering and oppression? Yeah, that’s here. Related Posts:Hans Hermann Hoppe’s “Democracy: The God That Failed” — A ReviewAlexander Campbell on Matthew 5 – A CritiqueChurch and State — Two Forces at Oddsland of the free?stephen [...]
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Misconceptions of the day: our 55 trillion national debt is pretty much held by China
Our national debt is a subject of great controversy and fuzzy facts on all sides. I’d like to address two claims: that the national debt is equal to $55 trillion dollars, and our national debt consists of loans from the Chinese who covertly own our economy. Related Posts:now watch the five-year treasurygold at 1740our downhill [...]
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why we like less law
I’m a social conservative. I believe in upholding traditional standards of personal morality–financially, socially, and sexually. And yet Related Posts:Hans Hermann Hoppe’s “Democracy: The God That Failed” — A ReviewThe Political Future of the US is Right-Wing — But What Sort of Right-Wing?no post todayDoug Casey on PhylesThree Options for a Self-Consistent Political Order
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Cause and effect: healthcare bill edition