Tag Archives: Welfare State

Economist’s View: Ezra Klein: ‘No One Really Believes in Equality of Opportunity’

Source:The Washington Post– we get the government that we pay for. “Everyone in American life professes to believe in equality of opportunity. But nobody really believes in it. … You can’t have real equality of opportunity without equality of outcome. … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Michael Kinsley: ‘Paul Krugman’s Misguided Moral Crusade Against Austerity’

Source:The New Republic with an article about New York Times left-wing columnist Paul Krugman. “Feeling perhaps that columnist Paul Krugman hasn’t made the point emphatically enough, The New York Times Monday published an op-ed shocker by two academics with the … Continue reading

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Karen Nussbaum: ‘New Culture War Addresses Fairness of Wealth Allocation’

Source:Working America– leader and labor union organizer Karen Nussbaum. Source:FRS FreeState “Jonathan Haidt has an interesting post, “Of Freedom and Fairness: The new culture war is about economic issues, and the side that better sells its idea of fairness will … Continue reading

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Hoover Institution: Uncommon Knowledge With Peter Robinson- Charles Kesler: The Grand Liberal Project

Source:FRS FreeState What conservative historian Charles Kesler is talking about is American socialism, a political philosophy that’s government centric. And in the United States Federal Government centric, but there are Socialist governors and other Socialists in state government that believe … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: The Mike Wallace Show- Ayn Rand: ‘Liberty vs. Statism’

Source:Liberty Pen– Objectivist author Ayn Rand, on The Mike Wallace Interview, in 1959. Source:FRS FreeState  “Liberty vs. Statism’Ayn Rand regarding socialism and individual liberty.” From Liberty Pen.” From Liberty Pen If you’re a Liberal such in my case, or a Libertarian/Objectivist … Continue reading

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Business Insurance: Jerry Geisel: ‘Vermont Closer to Single-Payer Health Care System’

Source:The Progressive– rally for government-run health insurance in the Socialist Republic of Vermont. “MONTPELIER, Vt.—The Vermont Senate has approved legislation that would move the state closer to a single-payer health care system. H.B. 202, which cleared the Senate Tuesday on … Continue reading

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