Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Central Planning, Fun Facts on Oct 19th, 2011
The Venture Capitalists in DC are predicting 500,000 Volts sold by the year 2015 (out of a total of 1 million). The WSJ reported that in July, a grand total of … 125 Volts were sold. Even then, GM only hoped to produce 10,000 last year and 60,000 this year, so we are told that […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Oct 19th, 2011
Or, where the top 1% are to be found: Bloomberg: Federal employees whose compensation averages more than $126,000 and the nation’s greatest concentration of lawyers helped Washington edge out San Jose as the wealthiest U.S. metropolitan area, government data show. The U.S. capital has swapped top spots with Silicon Valley, according to recent Census Bureau figures, […]
Posted in Politics on Oct 19th, 2011
From Reihan Salam: But consider how much time and energy mainstream news outlets — or for that matter ideological media, on the left and right — devote to issues surrounding the taxation of high earners as compared to the social and economic impact of mass incarceration.
Posted in Behavior, Paternalism, Welfare State, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Oct 19th, 2011
Has anyone who has ever written about this topic ever shopped in a grocery store for more than one person? I think I am going to randomly post our family meals up here for all to see, then tell me what you think about the meme, “the poor can only afford calorie dense, fatty, unhealthy, […]
