Building on my post yesterday, I want to stress that my vision of economic liberty is aimed at individuals and families. I think if we had this framework for thinking about economic matters, the financial bailouts of the last year or so might have looked completely different. We’ve spent a great deal of money and […]
Here’s a great post on OpenLeft making a point I’ve thought of many times. Whenever you hear a conservative going on about how “the government” is going to do this or that, it’s important to remember that, in America, we are the government! “The government” is all of us, working together, to achieve common purposes […]
A lot of us on the left focus on the public health insurance option as an essential part of health care reform. But it’s equally, if not more, important to focus on the development of insurance exchanges. Also, it’s always nice to see an article putting the U.S. health care system in the same league […]
So, President Obama spent his press conference the other night trying to convince America that health care reform is essential and important for everyone. The New York Times reports that he had mixed results. I don’t think that’s too unexpected. It just illustrates how critical health care is to people’s lives and sense of security […]
I want to suggest a new way for liberals and progressives to think about their arguments for government-delivered social programs – economic liberty. It strikes me that most often we see arguments supporting everything from Social Security to health care reform framed in three ways: security, equality of opportunity, and a question of rights. These […]
I believe that We the People should use the tool of government, made legitimate through open, fair, and uncorrupted democratic elections, to work together to promote of our own self-interest rightly understood and fulfill the promised goals of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness for the greatest feasible number by creating true economic liberty, […]
Many thanks to everyone who has served our country and given “the last full measure of devotion.”
The Peoria Journal Star has an interesting letter-to-the-editor today: I am proud to pay my taxes. After all, I am gainfully employed and earned the money, which generated the levying of those taxes. I have a roof over my head, and a pillow for it at night. I have sufficient food for my sustenance, a […]
Economics is a very technical subject, but it’s also a human enterprise, which means that people and their values and their behaviors – that is, culture and ethics – underlie everything. The New York Times has an interesting article on how Norway has avoided much of the world’s economic meltdown. First off, the country is […]
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