How did Murray Rothbard view Ronald Reagan's legacy? A mood of blind "feel-good" Americanism, entrenched big government, and the evisceration of libertarian gains—leaving only one positive (repealing the 55 mph speed limit).
Ryan McMaken takes a deep dive on food stamp spending, food stamp recipients, and how Big Ag and other industry lobbyists fight to keep food stamp spending flowing and increasing.
Otto von Bismarck said, “Laws are like sausages, it’s better not to see them made.” If people look too closely, they would recognize that the republic has long since become something else entirely.
Among the criticisms of capitalism is that it supposedly creates meaningless jobs created by villainous capitalists to keep people docile. However, it is state power and regulation that makes many jobs little more than meaningless make work.
This is not the path to prosperity. It is the final stage of the ruinous collectivist project.
Many Americans are convinced that only government can provide useful science since government is supposed to be “neutral,” not corrupted by profit seeking. However, politics corrupts science research more than anything else.
If the individual cannot keep what they earn, cannot build, cannot invest, cannot act without permission, then the income from tourism is nothing but a fleeting consumption and a steady stream of rent for the ruling class.
"...the fundamental problem with the conservatives ... was that they were looking in the wrong direction. The revolution that they were trying to prevent had already happened..."
When the state declares war on an abstraction, it discovers the formula for perpetuity.
Once upon a time, American firms built with the long term in view, and the government did not try to hinder them. Today, thanks to reckless federal government spending, we are living hand-to-mouth, accumulating massive debts, and soon enough will be broke.
