Bernie Sanders says immigrants are "taking our jobs" and that the state must act to "help [American] poor people." Predictably, Sanders's "solution" is to give more power to the same government that has created the very problems Sanders identifies with too much immigration.
For decades, American military strategy has amounted to little more than outspending all adversaries. Vietnam and Korea showed this strategy sometimes fails, although it often works as long as the money keeps flowing. But the financial good times won’t last forever.
Many commentators focus on immigrants when declaring that people who live off government spending should not be able to vote. However, there is no lack of longtime citizens who also have an incentive to keep the tax money flowing as long as possible.
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 23 July 2015.
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 23 July 2015.
In this re-imagining of the Gilbert and Sullivan tune "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General," Julian Adorney explores the American presidency and the discouraging lack of variety among successful candidates.
The F.A. Hayek Lecture, sponsored by Dr. Rafael Perez-Mera.
