In a truly free society there would be no way for anyone to amass great wealth or earn high levels of income without offering a product or service commensurately valuable to the individuals in society—the nature of voluntary exchange guarantees that. But do we have a truly free society? People are upset about a CBO report showing an increase in income inequality between the highest earning 1% and lesser paid earners. But why exactly? I don’t think people are upset because they think it’s unfair
The Vatican has just released a Note on Financial Reform from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. I am reading it with horror on many levels. As I attempt to fully digest its contents (without losing my lunch), I thought I would pass along the following great article on a similar subject by Tom (more…)
Dr. Paul crushes it, as usual. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfth22IuyXU]
If you have seven minutes and want a chuckle, watch this video: Marriott TV
When my seven-year-old daughter asked me this question last night, I was gutted. Do I, the daughter of a Harley-riding, ultra-conservative, flag-fying war veteran, love America? I, the liver of the American Dream? Granddaughter of orphan and immigrants, waitress and community college student-turned-Harvard and Stanford grad, do I love America?
It defies credulity to think anyone actually believes the following virtually universal mainstream account of the Occupy Wall Street story:
The SEIU today sent out this press release. Honestly, when I posted Tuesday the hidden audio of the SEIU’s Steve Lerner plotting earlier this year to organize a countrywide rolling protest against Wall Street, I didn’t think the actual SEIU would go public with Occupy
Steve Lerner of the SEIU was caught on hidden audio earlier this year on his plan to roll out Wall Street protests around the country. The Occupy Wall Street website expressly claims to be a “leaderless resistance movement.” Does this sound like a coincidence to you? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0PlElVWshk]
When Bloomberg implemented rules in New York that food chains such as Starbucks had to list the calories of their food on the menu, I was, of course, disgusted if only for the fact that the megalomaniac mayor has no right to dictate to private businesses that they engage in self-defeating advertising. (Shouldn’t they be (more…)
I’m honored that Jason Pye from the Peach Pundit wrote a piece about my radio show. Check it out here: http://www.peachpundit.com/2011/10/01/a-refreshing-new-voice-on-atlanta-radio/