Archive for May, 2009
Why Government Is So Outrageously Wasteful
Posted by: | CommentsIn any mechanical system, you put energy in, some of it is wasted by friction, and when you get the energy out, it’s necessarily less than what you first put in. Government is like friction! Why is government wasteful? The answer to this question is actually very simple! Government is wasteful because it spends other people’s money. Anyone who’s ever had an employee’s expense account knows that when you’re spending money that isn’t yours, you have very little... Read More→
What Is Socialism? And Is Obama a Socialist?
Posted by: | CommentsI came across several instances where socialists argue how policies and systems commonly referred to as “socialism” are actually not. They usually cite some idealistic view of socialism that in reality can never come about and state that that’s real socialism while everything else is not. In a Washington Post article entitled “Obama’s No Socialist. I Should Know.” Bill Wharton, editor of the Socialist magazine, goes as far as arguing that Barack Obama is not a... Read More→
