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Philosophical Referee

“Created by Landon Schurtz"

HT. via Brian Leiter, via Alex Tabarrok, via Matt Yglesiasvia Jim Hufford via Austin Frakt .

Public Choice made Entertaining

An economics student at San Jose State University makes economics understandable and entertaining.

If you like this one, be sure to check out his earlier productions here.

Shorthand Politics on Public Choice

Buy low, Sell high

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things bought and sold

are legislators."

-- P. J. O'Rourke (1947- ) US humorist, journalist, & political commentator
HT Liberty Quotes

The President's New Health Care Proposal

Read it for yourself- its only 11 pages.

Here is the White House webpage introducing the President's P roposal to the public. On the side bar is a list of Titles which you can either click through individually to read a paragraph at a time, or you can read these summaries as a single document which I have compiled and posted here.

The Republicans had an alternative to Democrat's Bill 3962 passed in the House of Representatives. You can read it (only 219 pages) here--but it's unclear if this is still what will be proposed. There is a one page summary--but it is worthless as it states what they intend to accomplish but not how--and as we all know, the devil is in the details (especially when it comes to legislation.)

Read up. Be informed. Speak out.

Strawman of the United States

Just a quickie to alert you to a fun piece of satire, and a solid example of logic. I'd hate for you to miss them--some might say I have no sense of humor.

The satire:

I'm the President's Trusted Counselor by Noam Neusner


The impeccable syllogism:

Major Premise: Without change, the health care system is on a calamitous course.

Minor Premise: ObamaCare promises change.

Conclusion: We need ObamaCare.




...0r did I mix those up?


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Healthcare Reform of Titanic Proportions

Financial Times' Feature Video on Banking

On Oct. 14, 2009 John Bird and John Fortune discussed Lehman, banking, CEO compensation, the housing market, CDO's, and the recent economic boom and bust. Their conversation is posted on the Financial Times.

There's no way to embed this 9 minute video, so you will have to go here to watch.

Enjoy!

Stand-up Economist

I really needed this right about now.

1000 times

xkcd does it again.

If you want to see what what a million looks like compared to a billion (and a trillion) look here.

(KJ--Thanks for the reminder of this webcomic)

Free Enterprize--What a quaint idea

"But it's not fair!"

Penn and Teller have constructed a short piece which includes clips of President Obama explaining his philosophy on taxes. The segments come from the Democratic primary debates, but his recent FY2010 budget proposal proves that he hasn't changed his mind. This clip shows that Mr. Obama knows that higher taxes will decrease tax revenue because they decrease profits. He knows that raising income and capital gains taxes will actually retard economic growth and recovery---but he's going to do it anyway.

Why?

Because it's not fair that the "rich" have more money (and he wants to spend it.)

Reminds me of when I have to tell my children we can't afford something and their retort is "But it's not fair!!" (Insert whiny high-pitched voice and stamping feet.)


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Will's Wisdom

"If we took Congress seriously, we would be worrying all the time."

-- Will Rogers
(1879-1935) American humorist

HT Liberty Quotes

Life as a Blogger

Duty Calls xkdc.com
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