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Oct 22
Overregulation will soon push thousands of doctors to abandon Medicare patients
If America’s health care industry were free, it would provide ever-higher quality medicine at steadily-decreasing cost. This is the pattern in most high tech industries where government control is limited. But since 1965, the U.S. government has been overregulating health care–driving costs higher and higher. Now, unless Congress approves some type of massive bailout, doctors …
Oct 20
UN bans skeptical media from upcoming climate conference
The United Nations has refused to accredit three journalists associated with Canadian climate skeptic Ezra Lavant. The UN appears to be blacklisting skeptics from covering the upcoming global warming conference in Marrakech, Morocco. See here. The UN accuses Lavant’s “Rebel” journalists of being “advocacy journalists.” Yet opinion journalists comprise a large proportion of the thousands …
Oct 20
Another U.S. Postal worker caught disposing of mail rather than delivering it
Many people believe the U.S. Postal Service monopoly is found in the Constitution. In fact, the Constitution merely says Congress has the power to establish a postal service. Not only is there no power to grant a postal monopoly in the Constitution, the OTHER provisions of the Constitution make it clear that Congress MAY NOT …
Oct 20
More Americans are fleeing America’s overregulation to purchase health care in Mexico
Astounding developments from America’s experiment with overregulating health care. Not long ago, Americans had access to the finest health care on earth. But prices have been increasing faster than inflation for years, as government regulation has increased demand artificially. Now a headline in the USA Today reads: “For Californians living near the border, Mexico offers …
Oct 20
Ad revenue for pro-government, er, . . . “mainstream,” newspapers is plummeting
For a decade, the pro-government newspapers of the western world have seen their ad revenues plunge as fast as their readerships. A new report based on ad-buying trends predicts that global spending on newspaper print ads will decline 8.7% to $52.6 billion by the end of 2016. In the internet age, “alternative” news sources are …
Oct 15
Socialism Kills: Socialist Haiti lost 500 people to Hurricane Matthew; neighboring Dominican Republic lost 4
Socialist Haiti shares an island with the Capitalist Dominican Republic. One can see the difference between Haiti’s CO2 footprint and the Dominican Republic’s from space at night. Haiti sits in the dark as its people huddle in suffering, burning firewood instead of fossil fuels. Around 500 people died in in Haiti due to Hurricane Matthew. …
Oct 14
Starving Venezuelan prisoners kill, dismember and eat a fellow inmate
Socialism is a curse that should be wished only on a hated enemy. As Venezuela plunges deeper into socialist terror, poverty and malnutrition, there are now reports that 40 Venezuelan prisoners killed, dismembered and ate an inmate. See here.
Oct 13
University of Florida offers 24/7 counseling for students traumatized by offensive Halloween costumes
America’s government colleges have been pushing a steady stream of elitist, pro-government socialism for generations. Now the University of Florida has issued a proclamation to students regarding the threat of politically incorrect Halloween costumes. “If you choose to participate in Halloween activities, we encourage you to think about your choices of costumes and themes. Some …
Oct 12
Free market writings increasingly censored as “hate speech” by internet filters
Increasingly businesses and libraries are contracting with companies that provide internet filters for internet users. The filters are sold with claims that they weed out porn and hate speech. Increasingly, it seems that such filters classify free market writings as ‘hate speech.’ See here: articles by Rothbard are being blocked by my work’s internet security …