Sun 26 Jul 2009
Government
Wed 15 Apr 2009
A Ten Million Dollar Budget Surplus
Posted by Charles Clarkson under Economics, Government, Politics, The Good Fight
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Mon 23 Mar 2009
Concentrated Power is not Rendered Harmless …
Posted by Charles Clarkson under Economics, Government, Politics, The Good Fight
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Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.— Milton Friedman I think all too often we forget that people in power are ambitious and the person who reins in power to do some good now also reins in power for so many others to do so much bad tomorrow.
Fri 20 Mar 2009
Fixing the Economy
Posted by Charles Clarkson under Economics, Government, Politics, The Good Fight
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There is more to fear than fear itself. There’s government and its dim-witted attempts to fix the economy.The article articulates a pet peeve of mine. Lawyers, like President Obama, do not have the training needed to make economic decisions about a whole country. Heck, economists do not have the training to make economics decisions for a whole nation. IMO, we need a system of government which strips government of the power to affect the economy. Swearing a person into office does not magically imbue that person with a means to predict the future or to understand an economy. Relying on any government official to “fix” the economy reveals at least one major flaw in our system of governance. As long as we rely on a flawed system of government we do ourselves and our descendants a huge disservice.
Sun 15 Mar 2009
The Exodus
Posted by Charles Clarkson under Government, Politics, The Good Fight
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Sun 22 Feb 2009
Peanuts or Ecstasy: You Choose
Posted by Charles Clarkson under Government, Politics, Science
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IMAGINE you are seated at a table with two bowls in front of you. One contains peanuts, the other tablets of the illegal recreational drug MDMA (ecstasy). A stranger joins you, and you have to decide whether to give them a peanut or a pill. Which is safest?Answer. It is common to hold one’s own beliefs to a different test than the beliefs we are confronting. I have been guilty of that. I will be guilty of it again. I only hope that I’m not guilty of it now. Where do your beliefs fit? Can they withstand the scrutiny you apply to new beliefs? THink about it.
Tue 10 Feb 2009
Control and Chaos are Not Best Buds
Posted by Charles Clarkson under Economics, Government, Politics, Rants, The Good Fight
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Sun 8 Feb 2009
Global Wamring: Was it Ever Really a Crisis?
Posted by Charles Clarkson under Economics, Government, Science, The Good Fight
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Fri 6 Feb 2009
A New Tone
Posted by Charles Clarkson under Government
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Thu 5 Feb 2009
Criminalized Drug Discussions
Posted by Charles Clarkson under Economics, Erath County, Government, Politics, Texas, The Good Fight
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If we treat drug addiction as a disease, yet legalize drugs, are we not offering up the disease to even more weak-willed persons?Yes. But protecting weak-willed persons from their own self-destructive behaviors is not a legitimate use of government. I’m addicted to those Little Debbie Swiss Rolls. I know I shouldn’t eat them. They’re little rolls of sugary goodness, but they are detrimental to my health. I don’t think anyone would seriously make the case that making them illegal is a legitimate use of government. BTW, I just ate a whole box of HEB Swiss Rolls while I was writing this reply. [Don't say it. Don't say it.] (more…)