A list I made in 15 minutes gives some solutions to how we would solve the problem of expensive medical care. There are not explanations of each, but I can explain how any would work if there is interest… End the Fed; Cut current income tax of doctors to 0%, nurses to 50%; End Medicare;…
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As you can imagine, the Obamacare fiasco isn’t the best news I have heard today. There is not much to say about it that has not already been said on Facebooks, but a few commentators have (as usual) said it better than most. A poignant reflection, at EPJ, focuses on the most important implication of…
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Social contract theory is bunk, but if it wasn’t, we’d have a material breach on our hands… Imagine that you have agreed with an auto dealer to purchase the luxurious Belchfire X-1 automobile, for which you agree to pay $45,000, with monthly payments to extend over a period of three years. You sign the sales…
DetailsMike Bost, Representative from Illinois, after being handed a 200-page bill with only 15 minutes to read:
As Robert Higgs notes here, governments are not subject to the same moral code as individuals. Facts of the case: My wife and I live in an area with one neighbor nearby. One day, I knock on my neighbor’s door and demand that he give me $10,000. He wants to know what the devil I…
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