September 2011
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Governments don't (and can't) create prosperity →
This is a well written article which even includes Bastiat’s “Broken Window Fallacy”, but wish it was a little more in depth. Good quick read though
July 2011
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Politics vs Reality by Thomas Sowell (pt 1 of 2) →
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Personal Accountability, Government Intervention,...
I recently read an interesting article on NPR.org you can read here…
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/01/137534361/breakfast-at-libertarian-summer-camp?sc=fb&cc=fp%22
It’s about a writer’s experience at a Libertarian/Anarchist Summer Camp in New Hampshire. They have a camp set up with minimal government involvement. The point is that there is minimal...
June 2011
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Interesting Article about Founding Fathers... →
Intelligent argument against Drug Prohibition
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Interesting article on the effects of taxation... →
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The debt ceiling and default →
The Economist looks at the relationship between raising the debt ceiling and the US going into default.
May 2011
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Instead of just deciding yes or no based on... →
* As a preface to my post, I think in pictures so I often write in analogies. I apologize for a lack of detail and complete explanation of certain issues as I just don’t have the time to write an entire book here. I am doing my best to get down to the principles involved and discuss some of what politicians want us to either over-simplify or over-complicate to make everyday voters like you...