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Wait Till It’s Free: Socialized Medicine Skewered

Wait Till It’s Free: Socialized Medicine Skewered

To paraphrase author P.J. O’Rourke, “If you think healthcare is unaffordable now, ‘Wait Till It’s Free!'” This phrase best sums up the reality of socialized medicine, says filmmaker Colin Gunn in his new documentary to be released September 10th.

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Canada Becoming More ‘American’ Than America

Canada Becoming More ‘American’ Than America

I have often remarked in recent years that the American people now blissfully put up with far, far, FAR more taxation and oppression than we rebelled over in 1776. Frankly, we owe King George an apology.

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Thinking Reasonably Part 3

Thinking Reasonably Part 3

Collectivism is defined as the practice or principle of giving a group (the collective) priority over individual members. Individualism is belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence for society to succeed. The terms social justice, fairness and equal rights are also a part of collectivism. Collectivism believes that society is some type of super-organism that exists over and above the individual members and must be considered the primary unit of reality and standard of value.

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Rioters burn a store in Ferguson

Paul Ryan has answer for Ferguson

Economist Milton Friedman said “The economic race should not be arranged so everyone arrives at the finish line at the same time but so that everyone starts at the starting line at the same time.” Those on the left and the right have always contended whether economic outcomes for any given set of individuals is the business of government. But few, on the left or right, dispute that government should work to assure that every American starts the game under fair conditions.

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Give low income Americans exit option from Social Security

Give low income Americans exit option from Social Security

When Social Security was enacted in the 1930’s it seemed like a good idea. Everyone working would pay a small tax and those revenues could be used to pay a retirement stipend to retirees. But then there were 45 Americans working for every retiree. Because of longer life spans and shrinking families, this ratio is down to three to one today. This makes it impossible for this system to work. CBO projects that in 20 years there will be no funds to pay one third of the benefits of retirees.

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Socialism Explained

Socialism Explained

Have you ever wondered about socialism? What it is? How it works? Its pros and its cons? This brief point-by-point explanation will help you understand.

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Idealism and the Illusion of Government Beneficence

Idealism and the Illusion of Government Beneficence

Why are so many people are willing to place their faith in government, over and over again, despite mountains of historical evidence demonstrating that government tends to become more inefficient, corrupt, and oppressive the more powerful it becomes?

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VA Death Panels: Policy, Not Incompetence

VA Death Panels: Policy, Not Incompetence

President Obama just fired/accepted the resignation of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki in the hopes of quelling the budding political problem he faces over the VA health scandal, but the truth is that the real scandal is that denial of health services is actually government policy, not administrative incompetence.

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Boastful Ignorance on Display

Boastful Ignorance on Display

Dr. Ben Carson recently appeared on The View. Carson condemned our current system of entitlement, and Whoopie Goldberg responded by proudly stating that she too was at one time a welfare recipient and that, “very few people want to be on welfare.” Did she know she validated Dr. Carson’s position?

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"Let's Grow Healthy" banner displayed at the beginning of the food service line at Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, VA, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

Michelle Obama Exposes Welfare Fraud

The British Daily Mail reports more than a million students have stopped buying school lunches because of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “food police” approach to pushing her version of “nutritious” food on them.

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