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How the no-consequences mentality gave us the financial crisis

Monday, Sep 29th, 2008 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Here is a good article that explains why we have a financial problem, who gave it to us, and what should be done about it:
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2008/09/in_times_of_crisis_trust_capit.html
It’s clear to me that our pathological aversion to personal responsibility has worked itself so far upward that our entire economy has become based on “no consequences for bad choices.”

But the Parents for the Children

Friday, Jun 27th, 2008 by Brandon | 1 Comments
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2 Corinthians 12:14  Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
As with any verse in Scripture, this one teaches many [...]

Of Populsim, Envy, and Identity

Sunday, Jan 6th, 2008 by Brandon | 1 Comments
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The debate last night showed Edwards and Huckabee getting ready to try to win the presidency on typical class-warfare, envy politics. Edwards is the worst, but he’s only being honest about his goals where his Democrat counterparts are being quiet. But Huckabee isn’t much better. Both are running on the notion that the middle class [...]

It’s All About Entitlements

Monday, Jul 30th, 2007 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Robert Samuelson writes in Newsweek:
“The aging of America is not just a population change or, as a budget problem, an accounting exercise. It involves a profound transformation of the nature of government: commitments to the older population are slowly overwhelming other public goals; the national government is becoming mainly an income-transfer mechanism from younger workers [...]

Emotions Trump Reality

Monday, Jul 9th, 2007 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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A brain researcher is advising Democrats that they need to focus on voters’ emotions in order to win debates.
There’s nothing surprising about this. I’ve always thought that the liberal line is based entirely on appeal to emotion, rather than a rational view of factual evidence.
What’s more cushy to say: “everyone deserves health coverage” or “the [...]

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