…are and Medicaid flounder or fail even on their own terms, the solution is simply spend more money, restrain freedom, or both. The only way for Republicans to become winners is to offer a completely different alternative from what we have. The way to do so would be to argue something like this: “Human beings do not exist to serve. Human beings are entitled to live their lives for their own sakes, so long as they do not impose fraud or physical har… Continue reading →

…expect the U.S. to remain the country it has largely been. At least Rand Paul, so far, has this much right. Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth discussion with Dr. Hurd on topics of interest. Also follow Dr. Hurd on Twitter at @MichaelJHurd1  … Continue reading →

…fact that sooner or later Social Security (combined with Medicare) will go completely bankrupt (it’s already happening), and in the process will eventually bankrupt the entire American economy by requiring ultimately 100 percent tax rates, debt too high to calculate, or both. Few people argue that Social Security should be fully privatized (albeit gradually). Almost nobody argues that there never was a moral basis for Social Security in the first… Continue reading →

…tes, there will be increases in the cost of college for administering this program. Colleges have already responded by raising tuition that much higher, according to The Wall Street Journal. Does anybody see how government, not private industry, drives up the cost of everything? The only way for government to NOT do so would be to outlaw costs altogether, and to take away from individuals any notion of monetary exchange. Until or unless government… Continue reading →

…jobs are preserved while new private jobs—real jobs, from an economic point-of-view—are prevented from creation. In short, the ‘jobs bill’ is just another expansion of Big Government, the very thing Brown claimed to oppose while running for his historic takeover of ultra-liberal Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat. It took Brown all of what—two weeks?—in Washington DC to become part of the political class who transfers money from one segment of the economy… Continue reading →