Category Archives: Socialist Hellhole
If Grocery Stores Were Like Schools
Don Boudreaux considers what it would be like if grocery stores were run like schools. Suppose that we were supplied with groceries in same way that we are supplied with K-12 education. Residents of each county would pay taxes on … Continue reading
I’m not nearly as pessimistic as Kevin
Unlike Kevin, I don’t think we’re headed for a thunderdome future. People forget that we are not our government. The government meddles in things to a ruinous extent these day, but while we can get along just fine without it, … Continue reading
I guess it wasn’t for the children after all
Madison kids will have to stay 20 minutes late every day to make up for teachers skipping school. Students in the Madison School District will have up to 20 minutes of additional classroom time each day starting Monday to make … Continue reading
Headdesk: Welfare is 1/3 of wages in US
CNBC reports: Handouts from the Government are one third of wages in the US. Government payouts—including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance—make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population, a record figure that … Continue reading
The myth of the dedicated, caring teacher…
…and why it doesn’t matter. You hear it all the time. The dedicated, underpaid teacher struggling to bring the light of knowledge to the young students thirsting for knowledge. It’s bullshit. I don’t care how dedicated or wonderful any individual … Continue reading
Oleg on Collective Punishment
It’s interesting how the people who used to live in glorious worker’s paradises are socialism’s harshest critics.
These charts should scare you.
The top 1% income bracket pays over 39% of the taxes. The bottom 50% income bracket pays just 3%. “No other major country is so dependent on so few taxpayers” If that doesn’t bother you then you’re part of the … Continue reading
The Soviet Story
Saw this on smallestminority You can see it here. Socialism is genocide. It’s the only way to make it “work”. And some people still wonder why the 2nd Amendment is so important.
EPA to Texas: All your refineries are belong to us.
It looks like the EPA didn’t read all those “Don’t Mess With Texas” signs on its way to Austin. Now that they’ve declared a natural component of the atmosphere to be a pollutant (What’s next, Nitrogen?) and they’re trying to … Continue reading
The first domino?
A town in Alabama has stopped pension checks because it has no money. There will be more. There isn’t enough money in the world to pay the promises given by the political class. Cities and counties are going to be … Continue reading