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IRS Form 8965 Anathema and Socialism

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Brian

Welcome to 2015. The graphic below is an IRS form 8965 “Health Coverage Exemptions”. Aside from the trite question of why we need 8,965 forms to file taxes, this hurts me for deeper reasons.

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Loss of Private Goods

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Brian

I recently had a chance to read Economics: A Very Short Introduction, by Partha Dasgupta, published in 2007. Page 52-54 is a passage teaching the definition of private goods, public non-exclusable goods, and externalities, and then applying these terms as … Continue reading →

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Bucket Polls – Betting Against America

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Brian

Obama leads all the foreign opinion poles of who should be President, by rather large margins. IMHO, this is pretty much prima facia evidence that Obama’s policies are best for everybody else except America. Let me explain.

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Obamacare Health Care Act – Reading Material

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Brian

Grace-Marie Turner wrote an article about the Obamacare health care act. She’s the president of Galen Institute, a think tank promoting patient-centered health care. Here are the references in her article.

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You Didn’t Build That

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Brian

It took less than 24 hours for the Internet to come alive after Obama’s recent comment praising government and putting down accomplishments of entrepreneurs. Do a Google search using the title of this post if you don’t know what I’m … Continue reading →

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