Category: socialism

  • Encouraging Public Employment

    CNN has an article discussing how to get your student loans forgiven by entering into the public sector. Do we really want to encourage kids to put a drain on our universities to enter into the public sector, the sector well known for producing the worst results recorded? I don’t think we need to waste […]

  • Wizard of Id Comic

    I liked this comic.

  • AutoMakers Whine for Money

    Stephanie referred me to an article at CNN regarding automakers hoping to get some money because it turns out their core competencies aren’t making cars. Here are a few quotes I love: “Congress approved a $25 billion loan program to help the automakers finance a switch in production from larger vehicles, such as pickups and […]

  • Why I loathe Socialism

    If you can’t tell by my previous writings, I loathe socialism. All of it. The idea of being forced to share the wealth drives me nuts and keeps me up at night if my day was too easy. Until recently, all of my evidence was third party, research of others like Thomas Sowell or F. […]

  • Why Do We Ask Government to Redistribute Our Money?

    I received an email from a family member today. Its text is below. Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I  work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it  sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass […]

  • Socialism Causes Pulled Teeth

    The BBC has an article exposing the painful truth of socialized medicine in Britian’s dental industry. They showed that as dental care was socialized, dentists started to pull teeth instead of treat them with fillings, etc. That is the ugly truth of universal health care. By offering everyone the same care, the quality must drop […]

  • Venezuela Nationalizes Cement Industry

    The BBC has a brief article regarding Venezuela’s nationalization of its cement industry. I can’t wait to see the long term affects this has on both Venezuela’s economic and civil future as well as the global cement market. Is anyone keeping score on how aligned Venezuela is with 1930’s Nazi Germany? It blows my mind […]