Tag Archives: Socialism

More On Human Rights

Posted on April 21, 2010 | Leave a comment

Just to demonstrate how silly the concept of Liberty and Natural Human Rights has become, the EU brings us to a whole new level.

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Social Security: Time To End It

Posted on April 19, 2010 | 1 comment

And here’s how. First, you have to admit that what we are doing is a form of a Ponzi scheme. I am paying for the folks who came before me in order that I might be taken care of by those that come after me. I am NOT, in any way, taking care of myself.

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Tax Day Tomorrow: Nearly Half of Americans Pay No Taxes

Posted on April 14, 2010 | Leave a comment

Tomorrow is April 15th.  It’s the day of reckoning for millions of Americans who have a tax bill to pay Unc Sam.  Are you one of the lucky few many?

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Can You Really Be Poor?

Posted on April 12, 2010 | Leave a comment

There is significant talk about the poor in America. And to be sure, there are those who have an those who have not.  But can you say that America’s poor are truly poor?

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America Spends More Money on Health Care Than Any Other Nation in the World

Posted on April 9, 2010 | Leave a comment

And there is a family in Raleigh, NC that thinks THAT is a pretty cool friggin thing.  “cause no where else in the world does a population of people have the money to spend on technologies that cost so much to develop.

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Walmart: Is "Greed" Good?

Posted on April 8, 2010 | 3 comments

People talk about greed.  That greed is bad bad bad.  Money corrupts and money s the root of all evil.

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A Glimpse into Tomorrow

Posted on March 31, 2010 | Leave a comment

We’re not there.  Yet.  Out health care system hasn’t transitioned from a free market based delivery system to one of a more socialist system, but we took one step closer.  Think of it as economic fascism, or medical fascism.  It’s like what they always say:  “It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here”.

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Liberty Wept

Posted on March 25, 2010 | Leave a comment

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation.

– Dr. Adrian Rogers

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QALY: The Left Will Explode

Posted on March 24, 2010 | 2 comments

And so will the rest of us, of course.  Obamacare removes any limit that an insurance company can place on an individual per year or per life of the policy.  Which is niffty, because if we had the Single Payer, the government itself would impose that very limit.

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ACORN: Gone

Posted on March 23, 2010 | Leave a comment

Wow, the good news keeps rolling in over here at tarheelred.  First it was news that Fannie and Freddie are going the way of the dinosaur and now we learn that ACORN will never turn into that giant oak tree.

The national group ACORN is folding, an official there, Kevin Whelan, said in an emailed statement:

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