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Apr 14
Medicare Part D was sold with claims it would cost $400 billion; Estimates were immediately raised to $534 billion after passage
If government programs were subjected to the same fraud and unfair-trade-practices standards that prevail in the private sector, many politicians and government bureaucrats would be serving lengthy prison sentences. Martin L. Gross reminds us that the congressional Republicans who pushed for Medicare Part D (prescription drug benefits for all Medicare recipients) in 2003 spread fundamental …
Apr 12
Grasping for Money, Connecticut legislators push to tax Yale University’s profits
One of the greatest myths of contemporary higher education involves the designation of a college as ‘for-profit’ or ‘nonprofit.’ Haters of markets tend to loathe for-profit colleges such as the University of Phoenix. Of course, the University of Phoenix contributes many thousands of dollars in taxes annually, while ‘nonprofit’ colleges like Montana State University pay …
Apr 12
CLIMATE SKEPTIC GLACIER ADVENTURE WEEKEND!
Saturday-Sunday, May 21-22, 2016 Did you know that there are hundreds of glaciers and permanent snowfields in Park County, Montana? Lysander Spooner University announces a research effort aimed at annually assessing the size and vitality of Park County’s glaciers. Join us on Saturday, May 21, 2016 for a field trip and hike into the Crazy …
Apr 11
Yet another government-funded professor demands climate skeptics be punished
Yet another government-employed professor has publicly demanded that those who doubt the government’s climate theories be punished. See here. Professor Michael E. Kraft is a political science professor at University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Kraft even suggests that the prosecution of think tanks and skeptical writers “might be a tougher sell, given rights to free speech, …
Apr 11
Official government climate data has been altered to make the past appear colder
The climate blogger Tony Heller (Steven Goddard) has often alerted readers to the fact that government data sets have been altered to make the past seem colder. See here. “NASA has altered their own data by 0.5C since 2001, yet claims that everyone agrees within about 0.05C.”
Apr 09
Major pro-government newspapers are dying. And even their online editions are losing readers
As the digital age dawned on the newspaper industry a decade ago, most of the major U.S. and western newspapers recognized that they should create online editions to capture readers who abandon print newspapers. But it turns out that content is more important than forum. Newspapers are dying; and so are the online editions! See …
Apr 09
As Socialist Venezuela Collapses, its Government Demands Women Conserve Electricity by not Using Hairdryers
Socialism is a curse that should be wished on one’s enemies. All societies who embrace it will ultimately become sick and weak. Venezuela is an oil-rich country, but has been saddled with central planning and socialism for decades. Now the country is so short of electricity that its rulers are demanding that women stop using …
Apr 09
U.S. Senators Push Harder for Bill to Prohibit Private Encryption
It is the dream of every tyrant: to hold all power over others’ property and resources, to know all things about others while entrenching government privacy, and to kill all who resist. Now a group of power-gorged U.S. Senators are pushing (again) for a bill to ban (private-sector) encryption. See here. The king’s keys must …
Apr 08
Six years in: Obamacare is increasingly harming poor people
Government regulations aimed at helping the poor almost always harm the poor. After 6 years, the Affordable Care Act is increasingly harming the poorest Americans. In March, the Obama administration celebrated the Affordable Care Act’s anniversary by proudly declaring, “Thanks to this law, 20 million more Americans now know the security of having health insurance, …
Apr 08
Government-supported ‘higher education’ is moving even further toward government supremacism
It is widely recognized that government-supported academia lacks diversity of opinion and is generally intolerant of free-market or anti-government ideas. Yet a new study reveals that the percentages of college professors who describe themselves as “far left” or “left” is actually INCREASING. The percentages of all other groups is declining in academia. See here. Although …
