Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Classical Liberalism, Government Gone Wild, Government Thuggery, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Inequality, Special Privilege on Dec 6th, 2014
As we’ve said here many times, we are NOT permitted to speak freely and honestly about race and the current state of affairs in America, But please allow me the following: Will the guilt-ridden and angry people of all stripes please spell out for me what someone like me is supposed to do. I am told […]
Posted in Central Planning, Government Gone Wild, Public Choice, Regulation on Nov 25th, 2014
Not in the mood to be charitable again. Screw the FDA and the crop of enfeebled nannies who demand crap like this: The Food and Drug Administration is announcing long-delayed calorie labeling rules on Tuesday, requiring establishments that sell prepared foods and have 20 or more locations to post the calorie content of food “clearly […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild, Government Thuggery, If I Really Hated the Poor ... on Nov 14th, 2014
The food experts opine: But there is something the president can do now, on his own, to break that deadlock, much as he has done with climate change. In the next State of the Union address, he should announce an executive order establishing a national policy for food, health and well-being. By officially acknowledging the […]
Posted in Corporatism, Government Gone Wild, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Sep 16th, 2014
Here is how much milk that the US Government recommends that you and your children consume every day: Aside from the fact that the US Government doesn’t exactly have a great history of getting the recommended daily allowances correct (go check out what was on the 1950s “choosemyplate” plate and compare it to what scientists know), […]
Posted in Central Planning, Government Gone Wild on Jun 16th, 2014
After reading yet another indictment about the glorious behavior of our “do-gooders” in DC, I just do not believe for one second that the Lois Lerner e-mails went missing. Call me crazy, but for an organization that hunts folks down because their TurboTax forgets to claim 8 cents of income, and for one that surely […]
Posted in Central Planning, Corporatism, Economic Illiteracy, Economics Problems, Economists, Government Gone Wild, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Transportation and Infrastructure, You Can't Have it Both Ways on May 7th, 2014
The emperor indeed has no clothes and it’s apparently a feature of the argument, not a bug: Barry Ritholtz: U.S. on Highway to Flunking Out, by Barry Ritholtz: Roads are crumbling, bridges are collapsing, and what was once considered one of the greatest achievements of any government anywhere has fallen into embarrassing disrepair. I am of course discussing our […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild, Government Thuggery, Public Choice, Taxation on Apr 15th, 2014
Let me offer a few simple, cranky, thoughts on taxes today. (1) I like to believe I am not the dumbest person on the planet. I also happen to be a professional economist. And I have absolutely NO IDEA going into the year how much in tax obligations I owe to the government at all […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild, Regulation on Jan 2nd, 2014
In Klingian Macroeconomics, this episode (it’s more than an episode, we need a better word) is what we mean by the bottom-left quadrant: At midnight on December 31, I not only drank a toast to the new year, but also to finally getting all my business operations out of Ventura County, California. Never have I […]
Posted in Fun Facts, Government Gone Wild, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Politics, Transportation and Infrastructure, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Dec 5th, 2013
When the objective historians go write down the legacy of this President, they are not going to talk about health reform (even if the ACA failed, it does capture the fact, and I think it is a fact, that reform is needed – I happen to think it lies in the deregulatory side coupled with […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild, Government Thuggery on Nov 22nd, 2013
Here is Thomas Sowell on the incredible achievement of this young man born with no arms: The vision on which the all-encompassing and all-controlling welfare state was built is a vision of widespread helplessness, requiring ever more expanding big government. Our “compassionate” statists would probably have wanted to take this young man without arms, early on, […]
