Democracy: the matching up of people who want free stuff with politicians who promise free stuff. Problem: free stuff as they all imagine it does not exist.
However, it does exist in the market, as explained by Frédéric Bastiat in Economic Harmonies, chapter 8, “Private Property and Common Wealth.” See my discussion of that chapter.
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A former high school baseball player, with a successful businessman as a father and, a promising young man with a ‘bright future’ ahead of him avoided prison for the rape, strangulation, and violent assault of two teenage girls. He was facing up to 78 years in prison,...
John and I read and discuss chp 1-3 of Ordinary Men
In an interview with conservative political commentator and best-selling author Michael Knowles released at the end of June, Vice President JD Vance repudiated the free-market elements of the pre-MAGA Republican agenda. He bemoaned the influence of many names...
