In the history of social and political thought, myriad proposals have been offered as solutions to the problem of social order. Many believe that the search for a single "correct" solution is futile and illusory. Yet a correct solution does exist. The solution is the idea of private property.
The goal of those who regulate the laundry is not to improve your life. It is to wreck your life a bit at a time by pressing increasing numbers of restrictions and mandates upon private producers. Time to end the conspiracy of silence.
The government has a huge collection of assets that could be sold to the private sector. Going, going, gone!
You can chart the course of human progress in terms of how clean our clothing is. In early times people used animal skins, had no change of clothing, and had no soap. Then history turned on a dime toward progress — until recent regulations.
At $3 a pop, these little things seem like a rip-off. Yet consumers keep buying under the right conditions: mostly sports events for kids. What's more, competition isn't pushing the price down. Let us see how this all makes sense from an economic point of view.
The fate of the consumer is the fate of civilization itself. Every person influences what is done with the world's resources. Call it consumerism. Call it free society. Call it capitalism. It works for people.
Farmer Boy was probably written by Rose Wilder Lane in the mid-40s. Money is work is a phrase from this book. Money is hard work and much time. Government edicts don’t create money; markets create money.
