Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Socialism on Oct 6th, 2011
Via Arnold Kling, this is precisely right: Community and collectivism are opposites. Community is valuable and powerful; it is individuals freely choosing to cooperate and identify with each other to achieve more than they can individually, as we do in the open-source community. Collectivism is a fraud. It pretends to be about community, but it […]
Posted in Central Planning on Oct 6th, 2011
The groovy health care plan that will “bend the cost curve” is being put together by the brilliant and thoughtful planners as we sleep soundly tonight: Employer groups – particularly those representing low-wage industries – want to keep benefits fairly basic. Since the government is going to be subsidizing coverage for millions of people, a […]
Posted in Paternalism on Oct 6th, 2011
Via my good friend, John B: The Democratic nanny-state vision even holds that parents can’t be trusted with their kids’ breakfast. In an effort funded by Mr. Obama’s stimulus, “voluntary” guidelines will go into force by 2014 to prohibit the use of animated characters like Tony the Tiger to market breakfast cereals. Advertising restrictions will target […]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Oct 6th, 2011
I am extremely saddened by the passing of Steve Jobs, as seems to be most people I know. I think half the tweets and facebook statuses I follow are making some reference to what Steve Jobs meant to them in terms of his inspirational qualities and of course the wonders of the products he delivered. […]
Posted in Classical Liberalism, Market Failures, Taxation, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Oct 6th, 2011
Let’s return to the original claim: the reason the rich should pay more in taxes is that they were only able to earn their income by hiring people that went to (taxpayer funded) public schools, employ people who drove on (taxpayer funded) public roads and otherwise could not do what they do were it not […]
