Category Archives: States Behaving Badly

When Irrational Incentives Work

It makes the Leftists mad.

I’m convinced that we all want the same thing in this world.  We want people to work hard, take care of themselves and when they can’t, we wanna make sure we do what we can to help ’em.  Serious.  Who doesn’t want that?

The difference is in the process.

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Lottery: To Play it is to Lose it

I relentlessly chastise friends and family for playing the lottery.  It’s designed for its players to lose.  Even the way the game is design to create an environment for its players to lose.

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We Hate Banks! And Wall Street! But We L.O.V.E. Us Some Fannie!

It continues to continue.

Each and every day we hear from Washing that we hate banks and business.  And look, there’s a lot to hate.  When it comes to shady deals and crooked crooks, banks and Wall Street are full of ’em.  We all want ’em gone.

But serious.  If you’re gonna call out greedy crooks, you should make sure you call out ALL greedy crooks.

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Dirty Rotten No Good Unions

And I don’t like ’em very much either.

Greece and California aren’t the only governments in a world of hurt because of the power of Unions.  New York is getting hammered too.

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The Downside to Being Right All the Time

One of the downsides to being right all the time is that the burden to continue to be right is hard to bear.  With a batting average at 1.000, it can be difficult to handle the pressure each day.  And to make it especially hard is having to support positions that strike pretty close to my heart.

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Nanny State

You think I’m jokin’ ya when I tell you we are in serious danger of becoming vassals of the State?  That our individual Liberties are being eroded to the point of nothing?

Check this out:

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Outlaw Water Main Breaks

It would seem that elected officials in Boston aren’t satisfied with altering the laws of men; they also would like to change the laws of nature.  And stuff.  So I offer them this unsolicited advice:

Stop nibbling at the edges and just legislate away water main breaks.

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Doc, It Hurts When I Do This

You know the old saw…A patient goes to see a doctor and complains that “it hurts when I do this”.  To which the doctor replies somewhat simply, “Then stop doing that”!

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Good Work If Ya Can Get It

Wanna know why California is going down the toilet?  And perhaps, why the rest of us are soon to follow?  Because unlike the real world, California rewards organizations that fail.

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Nice Shootin' Tex!

For some reason, I found this story to be awesome.

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