Many people have the false impression that conservatives and libertarians have no real solutions to solving poverty aside from simply turning the poor over to ‘unfettered capitalism’, and allowing what results to result, with no government assistance.
That is certainly not the case, and here to show a perfectly conservative/libertarian replacement of the welfare state is […]
Archive for May, 2006
May31st2006
A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
Published by in Economics, General, Poverty and Welfare. 0 CommentsMay31st2006
“Greed: Professors often say that they didn’t become teachers out of a desire to get rich, but it’s hard to believe that most professors chose their careers solely out of a desire to foster “social justice” or some other fashionable form of ostentatious altruism. More often, I think people become professors out of a lack […]
May30th2006
The Economics Of A Public School System
Published by in Economics, Education, General and Vouchers. 4 CommentsDon Boudreaux, chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University, writes in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Government K-12 schools, as now run everywhere in the U.S., will never excel at educating students. The reason is that each school gets its students and its budget without having to compete for them.
Imagine if, say, supermarkets were run […]
May30th2006
“Krugman and Wells note repeatedly that 20 percent of the population is responsible for 80 percent of health-care costs. But that doesn’t explain why health insurance should be different from other kinds. The small fraction of people involved in auto accidents in any year is responsible for almost all the cost of auto insurance. You […]
May29th2006
A great post by Christopher Hitchens on this Memorial Day:
Memorial Day
Reflections on those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Monday, May 29, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
LONDON–In the Cotswold hills, in deep England, there is a pair of villages named Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter. In addition to its rather gruesome name, Lower Slaughter possesses a […]
May27th2006
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 Comments“The biggest enemy of real equality is make-believe equality. Some peoples, such as the Scots and the Japanese, lagged far behind for centuries before moving to the forefront of achievement. Pretending that they were equal during the centuries when they were not might have prevented the changes that developed their ability”. –Thomas Sowell, listing his […]
May26th2006
“There are four ways in which you can spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money.
Then you can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a […]
May25th2006
Charles Krauthammer writes a thought provoking article on the dangers of Iran:
Never Again?
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, May 5, 2006; Page A19
When something happens for the first time in 1,871 years, it is worth noting. In A.D. 70, and again in 135, the Roman Empire brutally put down Jewish revolts in Judea, destroying Jerusalem, killing hundreds of […]
May25th2006
“I understand the attraction of asking business — the perceived “deep pockets” — to shoulder more of the responsibility for social welfare. But there are plenty of businesses that don’t have deep pockets. And many large corporations operate with razor-thin profit margins as competitors, both foreign and domestic, strive to attract consumers by offering lower […]
May24th2006
Universal Preschool And California Prop 82
Published by in Education, General and ModernPolitics. 12 CommentsCalifornia is considering whether or not to approve Proposition 82, a bill that would provide three hours of voluntary daily preschool for every 4-year-old in the state. As predicted, the liberal media is reporting studies that attempt to show that Universal Preschool is good for everyone, neglecting of course, the counter arguments against the […]
May24th2006
“I have always been a supporter of the labor movement…But lately I have seen developments that have me worried…Delphi Corp., the biggest auto parts supplier in the country and the employer of 34,000 hourly workers, is bankrupt. One big reason is that the company’s unionized workers earn $64 an hour in wages and benefits — […]
May23rd2006
The Pittsburgh Times-Review writes:
A larger complaint against Wal-Mart charges that the giant retailer comes in and wipes out main street, puts an end to all those mom-’n-pops that are selling everything from hammers to salmon.
The other side of the story is that salmon is no longer a high-end delicacy, beyond the reach of the average […]
May23rd2006
“High gas prices aren’t easy on consumers. Most households could find a much better way to spend $1,000 than on filling up the tank. But if there’s a better way to restructure the energy market, expand supplies, and create a long-term source of stable and affording fuel, we haven’t found it yet. We’ve tried ethanol […]
May22nd2006
Is the United States economic superiority threatened in the coming years? That depends, says Gerard Baker, writing in the Times of London:
Given that the United States is a $12 trillion ($6,700 billion) economy, the new data mean that in the first quarter the US added to global output an amount that, if sustained at […]
May22nd2006
“Let us take a minute, then, to stick up for the big guys and ask, what’s wrong with large profits for large oil companies? If a healthy profit margin–about 10% for the oil giants–is a problem, it comes with a built-in solution. Large profits create large incentives to increase supplies, build more refining capacity, and […]
May20th2006
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 3 Comments“On the one side will be older baby boomers demanding all their federal retirement benefits. On the other will be an expanding population of younger and poorer Hispanics — immigrants, their children and grandchildren — increasingly resentful of their rising taxes that subsidize often-wealthier and unrelated baby boomers. Does this look like a harmonious future?” […]
