Quote of the Day
There will always be a conflict between "good" and"good enough."
Henry Martyn Leland
RIP, Shirley Temple...
Images of the Day
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| Via Congressman Amash--see here |
The House GOP Rope-a-Dopes the Debt Ceiling Increase Vote: Thumbs DOWN!
I can't say I'm surprised that the GOP didn't want to repeat the political hit they took during the government shutdown last year, especially in an election year where historically the party out of power makes gains. There's no way they can win this fight, with the spendaholics in control of the Senate and White House. So they made the House Dems carry the vote with majority dissent from the GOP; no doubt they figure that this puts the spendaholics in an untenable position this fall. But this is beyond politics; it's an unconscionable shifting of the unsustainable burden to the younger generations.
Facebook Corner
(LFC.) A fan asks: What do you do in a purely capitalist society when someone comes into the hospital requiring life saving care, but has no health insurance or money to pay the bill? Is it moral to let that person die? I realize it is their own fault for not purchasing insurance, but also struggle with the morality of denying them life saving care. This is my only quandary with capitalism, and have yet to find a sufficient answer to this dilemma. Thoughts?
There were (and continue to be, e.g., St. Jude's) providers that provide needs-based medical care, healthcare professionals have ethical principles and responsibilities, and there are charities, fraternal societies, etc. Not to mention: what provider wants the bad publicity of someone dying on their watch? With government exacerbating sector costs with fiscally irresponsible policies and cost-shifting, do we remember before government started monopolizing health care, the elderly and poor were not left to die in the streets? If government will simply get out of the way (e.g., of bringing innovative drugs to market, removing barriers to entry in health services, etc.), I have far more confidence in the private sector than the megalomaniac mediocrity of government monopoly.
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| Via Jeffrey Tucker |
"You didn't build that!" No matter what you have done in life, the president thinks the government should get the credit. And why? Because the government built the Hoover Dam (in 1935!), the Golden Gate Bridge (in 1937, built and funded by private funds!), went to the moon (43 years ago!) and invented the Internet (it was privatized in 1995, and only then became mainstream!).” To say the government is the source of prosperity is like saying that the ticks are keeping the dog alive.
"You didn't earn that, you didn't fix that, you didn't prevent that, you didn't pay for that, ..."
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| Courtesy of Michael Ramirez, Investors.com and Townhall |
Madonna, "Frozen". This is one of the few singles I explicitly bought over the past 15 years--I do own some hit compilations of the Material Girl. I don't agree with her politics but the one thing we have in common was (different) Franco-American mothers. This hit was perhaps her most controversial, in that there were accusations of plagiarism, but a Belgian court recently exonerated her. I love the arrangement and performance.
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