All of the diabolic schemes of the state cannot suppress the human spirit forever. Now that health care is the most overregulated industry in the U.S., computer software is quickly making government-licensed doctors obsolete. There is now computer software which can diagnose cancer faster and more accurately than human, government-licensed, physicians. “At 8 false positives …
Category: Government incompetence
Jan 30
All-time record snowfall this year in many areas of the U.S.
The government’s climate models 20 years ago predicted that snow would be a thing of the past by now. But snow is at record levels in many areas of the U.S., including parts of Arizona, Nevada, southern California and New Mexico. See here.
Jan 23
FBI operated a majority of child porn sites
Court documents last fall revealed that the FBI secretly operated and controlled a large proportion of all child porn sites in the United States. See here. Further investigation has revealed that the FBI’s control and operation of the “child porn industry” was much greater than previously admitted. Through the FBI’s “Operation Pacifier,” the FBI published …
Jan 22
U.S. Postal Service–with every possible advantage–lost $5 billion last year and $50 billion over a decade
Government sucks at everything it tries–with the exception of killing, stealing and impoverishing. The U.S. Postal Service lost $5.1 billion last year – and more than $50 billion over the last decade. Even with every advantage in the market–including the world’s most prestige locations, a monopoly on its core operations, paying no taxes (either property …
Dec 01
Government schools have underperformed despite spending massively on administration
The graph above shows that government spending on “education” has increased massively while all outcomes have been flat. If this model were implemented by the private sector, everyone associated would be fired and the system would declare bankruptcy. Even worse, the spending has been directed disproportionately toward “administration” rather than actual instructors. See here.
Aug 27
Government cracks down on private rescuers in Louisiana floods
During Hurricane Katrina, government troops erected roadblocks to keep out (private sector) rescuers. Government agencies wanted credit for any rescues. Entire trucks filled with needed supplies, such as Wal-Mart semis carrying bottled water to the Hurricane victims, were turned away. Government agents wanted to deliver water to the victims (albeit a few days later and …
Aug 20
U.S. Military Can’t Account for $6.5 TRILLION; Millions of Lost Records
Trusters of government view the military as an indispensable protection from invasion. Some even claim the U.S. military protects Americans’ freedom. By any measure, however, Americans’ freedoms have been in decline even as military budgets have increased. For as long as human records exist, military forces have been a source of despotism, tyranny, and enslavement. …
Jul 23
Climate Change Sailors are Apparently Lying to the Public by Secretly Using an Icebreaker to Travel through Arctic Ice
A group of fame-seeking manmade-global-warming alarmists are making headlines around the world with claims that they are sailing around the North Pole which is virtually ice-free. The boat’s crew have bought into government statements that ice is disappearing in the Arctic. Unfortunately for the crewmen of the sailboat, the government claims about unusual melting are …
Jul 04
EU regs ban the claim that water can prevent dehydration
Britons have been highly criticized for their decision last week to leave the European Union. But the EU, like all centralizing bureaucracies, churns out stupid, expensive, life-choking regulations on a weekly basis. For example, EU officials recently banned bottled water firms from claiming that drinking water can prevent dehydration! See here.
Jul 04
Federal regulations are choking America: We are all 75 percent poorer because of them
According to a new time-series study by economists John Dawson of Appalachian State University and John Seater of North Carolina State, U.S. regulations have prevented the American economy from being productive and inventive. Because of this, U.S. GDP is just $16 trillion instead of $54 trillion. Ronald Bailey writes that “the growth of federal regulations …
