Regulation vs. Prosperity… America goes gently into that good night
By: imperfectamerica (Diary) | March 11th at 08:00 AM |
Thanks to the Founding Fathers, in 2013 the United States has built the wealthiest nation in history on free markets and the rule of law. (And thanks to their more recent successors, we’re simultaneously the poorest… but that’s another discussion.) While the Founding Fathers were remarkable for much, what is perhaps their greatest legacy is their recognition that Americans, like all men, are imperfect. In | Read More »
Barackalypse Now: The story of one man’s destruction of the American Dream
By: imperfectamerica (Diary) | March 4th at 09:01 AM |
By now you have figured out that Armageddon did not occur on Friday and the dire warnings from the White House that the nation would essentially collapse were, shall we say, somewhat overstated. That doesn’t mean however that the nation and American prosperity is in any less danger. Barackalypse Now is indeed upon us, and it has nothing to do with the Sequester. It has | Read More »
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Maybe it’s time to drop the picket signs and pick up a copy of The Road to Serfdom
By: imperfectamerica (Diary) | November 26th at 08:48 AM |
It was with great interest that I watched Facebook catch fire with support of the calls for picketing and sick-outs at Wal-Mart stores across the country on Black Friday. From what I could tell, most of those supporting the calls were liberals who attacked the company with claims that it doesn’t pay “a living wage”, “exploits” its workers, or owes its workers health care. I | Read More »
What we can learn from Thomas Jefferson and Star Trek… a recipe for limited government
By: imperfectamerica (Diary) | March 26th at 08:23 AM |
How many people marry the first person they ever kiss or date or even have sex with? Not that many. The average age an American loses their virginity is 17 while the average age they get married is 27. Nonetheless, despite a decade in the dating pool, experiencing everything from one night stands to years of living with someone, when people finally take the plunge, | Read More »