Insurance is socialized medicine for profit
Ayn Rand, one of the most influential spokespersons for capitalism in this century, defines socialism in her works as "from those according to their ability to those according to their need". Somehow,...
View ArticleIn Defense of Wall Street
I’m a progressive. I’m also a free-market capitalist. Contrary to popular belief, the two are not mutually exclusive. I’m just as aghast as the next guy at the corruption and excesses of...
View ArticleCorruption, Like Charity, Begins at Home.
There are few Americans left who aren't in agreement that the degree of government corruption has reached staggering proportions. Our voices are united in vilifying the evil lobbyists of corporate...
View ArticleCurrency Exchange Rate Setters--Who Are They?
Trying to educate myself about economics, I wanted to find out more about the process of setting daily currency exchange rates. Specifically, I wanted to find out who does it. Since so much money...
View ArticleBanking and Investment--Venture versus Vulture
In my continued efforts to learn more about the people and processes involved in creating the global economic crisis, I'm currently slogging my way through the Wikipedia article on the Federal Reserve...
View ArticleDelicious fringe benefits of national health care
Why, in the public debate over the creation of a national public health care system, aren't we listing all the pros and cons? My reasons for being in favor of the public option are similar to the...
View ArticleTwisted deather logic--profit or euthanasia--can I pick none of the above?
Euthanasia or profit-based health care--are those my only two choices? Really? I keep trying to wrap my brain around the twisted logic of the "deathers", but I can't seem to do it. The math logic...
View Article"Free" trade at gunpoint
The insurance companies, or, as I like to call them, professional gamblers, have done it again. By Joining forces with the banking industry, which then made loans dependent upon buying insurance for...
View ArticleAyn Rand: Pledging Allegiance to the United States of Me
I believe that the recent resurgence in the popularity of Ayn Rand's works is based in fear, a fear similar to the kind that slave owners felt while Atlanta was burning. As an arrogant youth, I too...
View ArticleFree Speech for Sale
I've been watching the recent crackdown on free speech by the non-elected illegitimate regime that recently seized power in Honduras with great interest for the last few days. Television and radio...
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens Plummets from Intellectual Pedestal
Portland, Oregon. Tuesday night. The hall is packed. The crowd waits with bated breath to be entertained, validated, recognized by virtue of their attendance at this lecture as bona fide fringe...
View ArticleAvatar: A Tale of Health Care Held Hostage
As someone who votes with their money, I don't go to the theater very often. Curious about new advances in animation technology, an illustrator friend of mine convinced me to come along and see...
View ArticleDoublespeak Translation: Guaranteed coverage=Forced to purchase insurance
It's official. The precept that the foundation of the American economy and it's health care system should be controlled by gambling interests for profit has been passed into law. Those who refuse to...
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