David Gratzer: Canada Makes a Right Turn – WSJ.com. Where are all the analogies about the Canadian health system that we should be dying for? ========== By DAVID GRATZER In the winter of 1997, two Canadian conservatives wrote a stark essay arguing that conservative governance was an unlikely prospect for their country. The governing Liberal Party was the most electorally successful party ... Read more
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David Gratzer: Canada Makes a Right Turn – WSJ.com
May 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, SocialismU.S. Dollar Slides – U.S. Officials Are Unfazed
May 1 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Obama, SocialismU.S. Dollar Continues Slide, but U.S. Officials Are Unfazed – WSJ.com. Isn’t Bernanke great?!
Dependent on others to pay…
April 25 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Obama, SocialismNotable & Quotable – WSJ.com. Syndicated columnist David Harsanyi in the Denver Post, April 22: There are many arguments against progressive taxation economically, but it is also true that it erodes the health of our democratic institutions. Rather than shared responsibility, we have a growing number of people who rely on others to pay . . . as they... Read more
Fleeing the Dollar Flood
April 20 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, SocialismReview & Outlook: Fleeing the Dollar Flood – WSJ.com. Would you buy a used car from either of these two? == Members of the International Monetary Fund emerged from their huddle in Washington last weekend resolved to keep every option open to slow the flood of dollars pouring into their countries, including capital controls. That’s a dangerous game, given the... Read more
Who Do You Trust?
April 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Obama, Party Politics, SocialismDaniel Henninger: Who Do You Trust? – WSJ.com. D Henninger is usually spot on – and he is in this article. ======== They say America is politically divided. But in the days following the appearance of Paul Ryan’s GOP budget in the firmament last week, the planets of political debate finally aligned. We were all agreed: The issues before us... Read more
McGurn: After the Welfare State
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, SocialismMcGurn: After the Welfare State – WSJ.com. That crashing sound you hear? It’s the sound of welfare states in collapse. From Albany to Athens, all but the dimmest observers now recognize that the model we’ve been following has run aground—morally, socially and fiscally. Less clear is what’s going to replace it. Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan gives... Read more


