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Progressives Against Progress
Posted by: | CommentsThis article is #14 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. The memes were originally authored by Pete Eyre and Anja Hartleb-Parson, and were intended as means of communicating ideas about liberty in catchy and succinct ways.
“Progress” is an abused word these days, especially by bureaucrats and the special interest groups that cater to them. Yet such groups, in the name of progress and social justice, support government intervention through intervention in the market, minimum or living wages, and universal healthcare. We find neither progress nor justice in government actions that advance one group at the expense of another. Don’t get us wrong: we are for progress — for economic growth, wealth creation, and the elimination of poverty — but we understand that progress grows from voluntary interactions and respect of individual rights. That which violates the rights of individuals cannot be progress.
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Tags: economics, free market, interventionism, memes, public schools, universal health care
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How Much Bureaucracy Did Congress Just Buy Us?
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You have to hand it to the Federal Government, they really know how to take a bad situation and make it much worse. Consider the new health care bill. Have you paused to think about the expansion of bureaucracy that it will bring? Guess what?
It’s going to be massive.
Estimates run that the one-hundred eleven new groups formed by the bill will need to employ on the order of 50,000 newbie bureaucrats. But whatever, this country is bankrupt and probably won’t be able to sustain this program for a couple of years. Start taking care of yourself better now so you don’t get smashed by statist health care later.
Read the huge list of new bureaucratic groups after the jump.
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Tags: constitution, economics, Obama, universal health care
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What’s the difference between a gas station and a hospital?
Posted by: | CommentsWe hear a lot of Republican and Democrat talking points about healthcare. As Libertarians, it’s important that people understand that we have our own voice and our own solutions for the rising costs of healthcare. If you like this story, please forward it to your friends and family by clicking the Forward button below.
So, what is the difference between gas stations and hospitals? More after the jump…
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ObamaCare finishes what LBJ started
Posted by: | CommentsYesterday evening, the illustrious U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4872, the Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. Thus Obama, Biden, Pelosi, and company have finished what Lyndon B. Johnson started 45 years ago with the introduction of Medicare – the complete socialization of medicine in these United States.
"This is what change looks like," Obama said later in televised remarks that stirred memories of his 2008 campaign promise of "change we can believe in."
"We proved that this government — a government of the people and by the people — still works for the people."
Ron Paul would disagree. Watch this video from Fox Business Channel.
This is indeed a dark day for liberty.
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Top 10 Disasters of the Obama Administration in 2009
Posted by: | CommentsExecutive Director of the Libertarian Party Wes Benedict put together a retrospective of the executive administration this past year. Any similarities to the previous administration are distinctly NOT coincidental. And while the list is a Top 10, there is no particular order…
Top 10 disasters of the 2009 Obama administration:
- Cash for Clunkers
- War escalation in Afghanistan
- Giant government health care expansion bill
- Post office loses money hand over fist
- Stimulus package
- Expansion of "state secrets" doctrine
- Big increase in unemployment
- "Bailout" Geithner as Treasury Secretary
- Skyrocketing federal spending
- Huge federal deficits
Now wait a second, doesn’t this sound familiar? Hmm…
Top 10 disasters of the 2001-2008 Bush administration:
- Cash for Car Companies
- War in Iraq
- Giant Medicare expansion bill
- Post office loses money hand over fist
- Stimulus "rebate" checks
- PATRIOT Act
- Big increase in unemployment
- "Bailout" Paulson as Treasury Secretary
- Skyrocketing federal spending
- Huge federal deficits
Wes Benedict, Libertarian Party Executive Director, commented:
"Republicans and Democrats keep expanding government and creating more and more problems. We’re encouraging as many Libertarians as possible to run for Congress in 2010. In Texas, the state with the earliest filing deadline, Libertarians have already filed for 31 of 32 Congressional seats."
Another article you might want to check out is by Mary Ruwart, one of my favorite libertarians — How Liberty Makes Health Care Virtually Universal.
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