Government legislation, laws and regulations “solve” a problem through coercion and almost always have unintended bad consequences. A few non intuitive examples: TRAFFIC SIGNALS CAUSE MORE ACCIDENTS. – research shows that traffic flows better with less accidents when there are no traffic signals. Drivers have to be more alert so they make less mistakes. Drivers signal to each […]
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George Washington on Political Parties and Factions
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp “I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discrimination. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, […]
Socialism vs. Foundational American
Rudyard Kipling said it well comparing the Socialist Delusion “When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins” to the Economic Reality that if you don’t produce there will be nothing to consume. (Copybook Headings are sayings of wisdom copied by students to learn penmanship.) …we were promised abundance for all; […]
Isn’t the News True?
If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. – Mark Twain Nowadays news really needs to begin with a disclaimer: "Based on true events. Dialog, characters and facts have been altered or fictionalized for dramatic effect" The amount of truth and distortion in news is determined […]