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The Cure for the Broken Monetary System
Before the housing market collapsed and the government pumped billions into the economy to save it, there was a programmer named Satoshi Nakamoto. And …
A Global War on Savers
So Janet Yellen’s first hearing took place a few nights ago. It was fairly boring. She’s expected to sail through and become the next …
The Hidden Marriage Penalty in Obamacare
Any married couple that earns more than 400% of the federal poverty level — that is $62,040 — or a family of two earns too much for subsidies under Obamacare. But if that same couple lived together unmarried, they could earn up to $45,960 each — $91,920 total — and still be eligible for subsidies through the exchanges in New York state.
None Dare Call It…
The president assures us he is not responsible for the wave of health insurance policy cancellations. The insurance companies are. OK, so where is the other side?
Time to Start Considering Obamacare’s Worst Case Scenarios
The saying goes that things have to get worse before they get better. But with Obamacare, things just keep getting worse — and then …
Ike Warned Us About This Guy
The words of H.L. Mencken rang through my head as I listened to a certain Alabama congressman talk to 40 or 50 shivering supporters …
Has the Fed Met Its Match?
Now, this is sheer entertainment. The Chicago branch of the Federal Reserve has addressed the great monetary question of our day. A researcher has …
Bureaucrats Against Health Care Access
Though the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges has dismayed even the law’s supporters, the problem the ACA is designed to address …
10-Year-Old “Doctor” Meets the Rule of Law
From the Tongue-in-Cheek Department of Spy Briefing Books Houston, TX — Police in Houston, Texas, recently charged a 10-year-old girl with aggravated sexual assault. …
The Myth About Money, Credit & Gold
The standard version of how money came to be goes like this: First, there was barter. (A handful of nails for a pint of …
America’s Technology Sector Is Too Eager to Cave to a Snooping Government
Americans are still trying to get a handle on the full extent of the government’s domestic spying activities, including the recent revelation that the …
Blinding You With Science
It is such a kick to read the transcripts from the White House’s health care “war room” in the first days of release. What …
How Useful Is the Second Amendment?
A few months ago at a demonstration against the president of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, a Canadian citizen made the following claim: “We …
Stop Acting Like It’s OK When Our Leaders Deliberately Mislead Us
Can we at least agree that the American people deserve the truth? That governing ourselves requires getting accurate information from the people we elect? …
A Barbarous Fed…
Stock investors are still acting as though Janet Yellen will be good for the economy… or at least good for stock prices. Gold investors …
Apparently, American Spying on American Allies Is Bad
From the Tongue-In-Cheek Department of Spy Briefing Books… Washington, D.C. — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, announced that her …
The Nation’s Full Faith and Credit Card
Imagine that everyone in your community is issued a credit card with the same account number. At the end of every month, the bill …
The World’s Fastest Failure
Obamacare certainly has made history. It has set the record for the fastest-failing Big Government program in world history. This isn’t only about a …
What the Fed Can Learn From the McDonald’s Dollar Menu
We live in parallel universes. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is said to have a healthy concern about deflation. McDonald’s franchisees, on the other …
This is What a Health Insurance Death Spiral Looks Like
A handful of reports last week suggested that the Obama administration had moved to delay the health law’s individual mandate — the penalty the …
Money Printing: Everything Old Is New Again
While the world has evolved over the centuries, human emotions have remained the same — happiness, sadness, jealousy, greed, fear. The ruling class and …
Insider Trading Ban to Be Extended
From the Tongue-in-Cheek Department of Spy Briefing Books… Washington, D.C. — Jeff Incast, a Democratic representative from California, has tabled a bill that would …
What Government Schools Can Teach Us About Government Health Care
A common argument made in favor of government-financed health care is that it is inherently cheaper than a private system. Strangely, however, the people …
The Plan Isn’t Working
You didn’t want to be the guy chosen to tell Stalin that the wheat crop failed or the production quotas on trucks and cars …