(Sing along to the theme song from the Flintstones .) Spendthrifts, meet the Spendthrifts, They’re the modern wasteful family. From the town of DC, The most reckless house in history. Their massive outlays are so darn carefree, They have no concept of reality. When you’re with the Spendthrifts, Common sense, restraint and honesty are all a joke.
Bernie Sanders declares with piety, “Healthcare is a human right.” His statement may sound reasonable, because when we think about someone without healthcare what comes to mind is pain, suffering, and the loss of hope and dignity. Bernie is correct that no one in a country as prosperous as ours should be without some form of healthcare. However,
I have a suggestion for the people in America who dream of the US becoming a socialist paradise—try it in California first and see what happens. Of course, I don’t really want this to happen. I live in California. But I think that this idea of California becoming an independent republic based on “democratic socialism” would be a helpful thought
Most people are not aware that there exists a huge conglomerate in the US with trillions in sales. This business provides insurance services such as healthcare financing, disability income protection, worker’s compensation, and retirement income guarantees. Revenues emanate via premiums from customers. Since there is limited or no competition,
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.