Monthly Archives: June 2012

Europefest

“It’s for her”

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Why ObamaCare Will Fail: A Reading List

The Supreme Court today upheld “Obamacare,” a massive economic intervention ostensibly designed to cure the ills of American healthcare. Of course those ills were themselves caused by intervention, and this “cure” will only make the situation even worse. The “cycle … Continue reading

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Obama in Wonderland

Or Mickey Obama.  Or Obama Mouse.   “The essence of the interventionist policy is to take from one group to give to another. It is confiscation and distribution.” Ludwig von Mises, “The Human Action”

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Libertarian

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Mises laughing

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About “scarcity”

“It is true that liberty is precious – so precious that it must be rationed.” Vladimir Lenin (and the man really knew how to do it)

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The real nuke is the welfare state

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The government can!

Yes, they can! (but only because we let them). Happy Monday, and remember to work hard and pay your taxes! Thanks to No a Todo

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The best things in life are free

but sooner or later the government will find a way to tax them…

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The real value of fiat currency

If you still have doubts, please look: “Unfortunately, the classical gold standard lies forgotten, and the ultimate goal of most American and world leaders is the old Keynesian vision of a one-world fiat paper standard, a new currency unit issued … Continue reading

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