Did He Really Say This Without Laughing?
Posted in Politics on Sep 23rd, 2009
My latest AP headline reads: Obama to World: Don’t Expect America to Fix It All. But somehow he will fix all of America?
Daily Archive for September 23rd, 2009
We’re Number Two!
Posted in Taxation on Sep 23rd, 2009
As much as I hate being taxed to death, you should recognize that reporting percentages like this is highly misleading. I have a house valued at $180,000 and I pay $6000 per year in property taxes. That is still an enormous amount of money. However, from the standpoint of my residential location decisions, it’s the […]
If You Don’t Like Socialism, Just Opt Out … Now Why Didn’t I Think of That?
Posted in Classical Liberalism, Economic Illiteracy on Sep 23rd, 2009
Oh yeah, I can’t – you have guns pointed at me. In what might qualify as the dumbest piece ever published, this writer criticizes folks for arguing that health reform is like socialism. Actually, he is nominally correct. It is not socialism, but some god-awful version of Progressive Corporatism on ‘roids – so it is […]
Our Guys Versus Their Guys
Posted in Economic Illiteracy, Economics Problems, Environment on Sep 23rd, 2009
I wonder why I remain startled when I have conversations like the following: Student: Professor Rizzo, can you show me an example of how the “economic way of thinking” is different, and will help me be a better citizen Professor: Sure. Take the Endgangered Species Act. This was an act of Congress intended to do […]
