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Archive for January 21, 2008
Libertarian quotes
January 21, 2008 by Tom Armstrong.
This page has several great libertarian quotes. I have an affinity for this one by Menchen:
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”
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More on the stimulus plan
January 21, 2008 by Tom Armstrong.
Want some actual empirical evidence on the impact of the 2001 rebate checks? Here you go. The answer, as you might expect, is that people spent a small fraction of the money and transferred the rest of that consumption power to the future, although one study suggests otherwise.
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Unintended consequences
January 21, 2008 by Tom Armstrong.
The Freakonomics
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Poor care
January 21, 2008 by Tom Armstrong.
Mark Perry on why the mostly socialized health care in the UK is not a system we should desire to emulate.
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Economic stimulus
January 21, 2008 by Tom Armstrong.
Consider listening to Russell Roberts three-minute speech on the proposed stimulus package.
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The Corporation
January 21, 2008 by Tom Armstrong.
Read and watch how our children are being indoctrinated into the liberal mindset in our schools. The Corporation, much like An Inconvenient Truth, is being used to manipulate our kids. Our schools are becoming a great place to spread lies. Reprehensible!
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