https://youtu.be/_uYHh1noCxs ... our very real medical crisis has been the product of massive government intervention, state and federal, throughout the century; in particular, an artificial boosting of demand coupled with an artificial restriction of supply. Th e result has been accelerating high prices and deterioration of patient care. And next, socialized medicine could easily bring us to the vaunted medical status of the Soviet Union: everyone has the right to free medical care, but there is, in effect, no medicine and no care. Murray N. Rothbard Making Economic Sense, p. 77...
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Welfare Before the Welfare State – Mutual Aid
https://youtu.be/sbugmH9n30Y The Libertarian approach to the welfare problem, then, is to abolish all coercive, public welfare, and to substitute for it private charity based on the principle of encouraging self-help, bolstered also by inculcating the virtues of self-reliance and independence throughout society. Murray N. Rothbard Economic Controversies, pp. 902–03 LBRY.tv: https://lbry.tv/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b/Welfare-Before-the-Welfare-State---Mutual-Aid:6 BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/FfZEkxH1mY9q/ Archive:...
LP Nominee: Amash vs. Hornberger
https://youtu.be/XUsAWhWx3pc Analysis of how Justin Amash and Jacob Hornberger are spreading the message of libertarianism and voluntarism. ***See my interview with Hornberger here: https://youtu.be/CYgeAEQdB-Y ***** ... unlike private persons or fi rms, who obtain money by selling needed goods and services to others, governments produce nothing of value and therefore have nothing to sell. Governments can only obtain money by grabbing it from others, and therefore they are always on the lookout to find new and ingenious ways of doing the grabbing. Murray N. Rothbard Case Against the Fed,...
Spending Our Way to a Fiscal Crisis
According to financial writer Simon Black, the federal government is spending approximately 52,000 dollars per second. This, not last year’s tax cuts, is the reason why the national debt has reached a record 21 trillion dollars, which is more than America’s gross domestic product (GDP). Another ominous sign is that this year both Social Security and Medicare will have to draw down on their reserve funds to be able to pay benefits. The Social Security and Medicare trust funds will both soon be bankrupt, putting additional strains on the federal budget and American taxpayers. The excessive...
Big Spenders Get Worse Every Year: The History of Growth Since 1940
In March of 2018, President Trump signed into law a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill to avoid shutting down the federal government. After signing the 2,200-page bill, the president proclaimed he would “never sign another bill like this again.” Could this really be the end of the decades-long trend of expanded central spending and power? If past history tells us anything, the answer is a resounding “No!” The truth is for nearly the last century, there has been an undeniable, dramatic trend upward in government spending in real and in nominal terms. In fact, since 1940, average yearly...
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