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Oct 13
Government “disaster relief” workers in Puerto Rico took a spa day and had hurricane victims give them manicures and pedicures
Salon.com, the pro-government extremist site, has published a rare story critical of government. Reportedly, FEMA “disaster relief” officials in Puerto Rico have been living in luxury among hurricane victims. See here. Just one example given by the Salon article: Overpaid federal ‘disaster workers’ reportedly took “spa days” and used emergency tents provided by the U.S. …
Oct 13
In effort to discredit Trump’s FEMA response in Puerto Rico, Huffington Post unwittingly displays the failure of government disaster relief everywhere
The Huffington Post is typical of government-supporting news media in the Trump era. Because the Post‘s journalists despise Trump, the online news site publishes countless reports regarding Trump’s failings. Today’s Huffington Post features a story about three volunteer nurses who are doing disaster relief in Puerto Rico in the wake of a recent hurricane. See …
Oct 13
Ice is above normal at both poles; Global sea levels are going DOWN
One of the recurring claims of pro-government voices is that apocalyptic-manmade-global-warming-by-CO2 is causing sea levels to rise due to melting ice in the Arctic and Antarctic. Government trusters use this claim to demand ever more government power, taxation, and central planning by elitists. But the precise opposite is true. NASA data confirm that global sea …
Oct 03
Connecticut taxpayers crushed to the breaking point
Connecticut is one of the wealthiest states in America. Its residents have a high per-capita income. Its corporations are some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful. But Connecticut has been dominated by socialistic, pro-government extremist policymaking for generations. Today’s Connecticut taxpayers pay some of the highest tax rates in America. Now the State is …
Oct 02
A month ago, Catalonians who supported independence were less than 50 %; now, after Spanish repression and hundreds of injuries, they vote 92% to secede
Catalonia is the wealthiest district of Spain. It has the highest standard of living in the entire country, and Catalonians are more geographically and culturally related to the French. Just a month ago, most Catalonians disfavored a referendum to secede from Spain. But weeks of repression by the Spanish government, with thousands of government troops …
Oct 01
Medicare has killed 4.5 million people since its inception
In the past 20 years, some 4.5 million Americans have died from medical accidents. According to Johns Hopkins University, medical errors are now the THIRD LARGEST CAUSE OF DEATH in the U.S. Almost all of these deaths are among people on Medicare. According to David Goldhill, Medicare “drives a certain type of care”: overtreatment, with …
Oct 01
Spanish government shuts down freedom elections in Catalonia; injures hundreds
Governments worldwide try to cast themselves as the voice of the people. They may publicly extol the virtues of democracy even as they do everything in their power to undermine and thwart the will of people to be free. Governments secretly (and sometimes openly) spend vast portions of their treasuries to propagandize, brag, and publish …
Sep 22
New Mexico health insurance premiums to increase by up to 49% next year
If the power of deregulation, capitalism and freedom was unleashed on health care, prices would quickly decrease while quality would improve dramatically. Innovation would flower. Even the poorest and most desperately ill Americans would be able to afford life-saving treatment. But for decades, U.S. policymakers have driven Americans toward the stink and stain of slave-plantation …
Sep 21
Spanish government seizes 10 million ballots to prevent anti-government vote
Catalonia is a wealthy district of Spain that has suffered under years of Spanish rule. Recently the people of Catalonia have been seeking to hold a vote to determine if Catalonia should separate from the tyrannical government headquartered in Madrid. Last week, the Spanish government sent police to arrest hundreds of mayors of Catalonian villages …
Sep 19
Californians ready to flee socialism
In 1978, courageous Californians circulated and passed a forward-thinking ballot initiative known as Proposition 13. Under Proposition 13, the annual real estate tax on a parcel of property is limited to 1% of its assessed value. In the years that followed, real estate became something of a tax shelter even as the vampire-like California legislature …