Long long ago mothers used to tell their kids stories that would frighten them into behaving. Monsters roamed the forests. Trolls loomed under stone bridges. Mostly it worked.
Then us kids invented the internet and we googled monsters, trolls and mothers.
Turns out it was all a lie. A lie invented to trick us into acting a certain way.
Mothers may have learned that we don’t react in the same way. Liberals haven’t.
Posted in Economics, Politics: International
Tagged Employment, Free Market, Free Trade, Unemployment
The intentions of those that preach the minimum wage are noble. Who isn’t interested in helping those folks who are the poorest among us? What person that we would care to associate with could not help but have feelings of sympathy for people who struggle to make enough money to eat, to cloth themselves or pay rent?
Who?
No one. Not one single person I know would brush those feelings away.
However, with that said, the singing of the platitudes of the minimum wage has to end when the effectiveness of those laws are considered.
And the result? The verdict?
Posted in Economics, Liberty, Politics: International
Tagged Free Market, Liberal, Minimum Wage, Unemployment
Yeah…not so much.
It turns out that there are a number of problems in determining life expectancy numbers. As I mentioned the other day, in some cases, nations aren’t reporting their “deaths” correctly.
And THAT could make a huge difference.
Posted in Health Care, Politics: International
Tagged Abuse of Power, Japan, Life Expectancy, Statistics, WHO
So, remember during the health care debate..that whole thing about America ranking like, what, 38th or some nonsense?
Well, remember, that ranking is determined by weighing several factors, among them are infant mortality statistics, availability of medical care and life expectancy.
Life Expectancy. Seems fair, right? I mean, what better way to measure your country’s medical/health care than to measure the single best outcome…how long a person lives.
And guess where America ranks? Guess who’s #1?
Posted in Health Care, Politics: International
Tagged Abuse of Power, Japan, Life Expectancy, WHO
Quick, no googlly-ogglly-Google.
What nation said this:
X-Nation announced on Monday it would lay off “at least” half a million state workers over the next six months and simultaneously allow more jobs to be created in the private sector as the socialist economy struggles to get back on its feet.
“Our state cannot and should not continue maintaining companies, productive entities and services with inflated payrolls and losses that damage our economy and result counterproductive, create bad habits and distort workers’ conduct,”
…the government “agreed to broaden the exercise of self employment and its use as another alternative for the employment of those excess workers.”
Posted in Economics, Economy, Politics: International, Politics: National
Tagged Barack Obama, Capitalism, Cuba, Democrat, Free Market, Left, Leftist, Liberal, Socialism
The Bible is the Holy Word of God. Written by man but directed by God.
The Koran is the same thing, perhaps to Muslims, even more. In some ways, it may BE Allah.
Burning it, or even threatening to burn it is an insult.
And that crazy Pastor Jones SHOULD be called out for this nonsense. People are right to be outraged.
But where is the outcry against this?
Posted in Liberty, Politics: International, Politics: National
Tagged Freedom of Religion, Koran, religion
Because it’s hard for a person who wants to get elected to tell the people doing the electing that they need to suck it up.
While I’ve only been politically jazzed for 2-3 years now I have always wondered how “other people” vote. You know, do they vote for what’s good for them and them only or do they vote for the better of “the system”.
For example, if a road is going to run through my backyard means I lose my house but it’s good for the community, should I vote for it or against it.
Can you imagine how different a father would discipline his children if they could somehow “vote him out”? The only reason we successfully raise our children is that we create rules that they otherwise would not generally abide.
Same for politics.
Posted in Economics, Politics: International, Politics: National, Welfare
Tagged Denmark, Employment, Leftist, Liberal, Unemployment
Just as I uploaded my most recent post to Twitter, I saw that Cato referenced a post by Jeffrey Miron, an Economics Professor at Harvard.
He basically says the same thing I do:
On several occassions over the past few weeks, I have expressed the view on TV/radio that unemployment insurance is one factor that keeps unemployment elevated.
Not that a Sr. Fellow at the Cato Institute needs any backup, he brings it with an article from the NY Times:
Struggling to keep its budget under control after the financial crisis, the government in June cut into its benefits system, the world’s most generous, by limiting unemployment payments to two years instead of four. Having found that recipients either get work right away or take any job as their checks run out, officials are also redoubling longstanding efforts to move Danes more quickly out of the safety net.
It would appear that this long hair isn’t stewing alone in his own juices.
Posted in Economics, Politics: International, Politics: National, Welfare
Tagged Recession, Unemployment
Recent analysis of changes to Hong Kong are getting press in the Economist. A new law is going to be passed setting a wage floor in Hong Kong. For years, the city has managed to grow, thrive even, without the common law known as Minimum Wage.
The legislation is set to impose a minimum wage between $3.00 and $4.00 American. Not much by our standards, but then again, perhaps our standards are a bit exaggerated.
Posted in Economics, Liberty, Lobby/PAC, Politics: International
Tagged China, Hong Kong, Leftist, Minimum Wage, Politics, Unintended Consequences, Unions
I am a new comer to politics. And economics. While it’s true that I’ve always resonated with Republicans and Conservatives, I’ve never really been all that serious about it.
This has been true all the way through Bush vs. Gore; I just really didn’t care.
I guess marriage, home ownership and parenthood will do that to ya huh?
With that said, I’ve never really understood the trade deficit. Am guessing many others don’t either.
Posted in Economics, Politics: International, Politics: National
Tagged Deficit, Economy, John Stossel, Leftist, Lou Dobbs, Politics